The Black Hawk is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.94556, -112.40028
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Black Hawk MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Hawk
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Blue Bell District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault (N 40 W, 55 Sw), Accessory Fissures (N 60 - 70e, N, N 20 E, E), Surrounding Strata (Ew, Low N)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized Ore
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALONG FAULTS AND ADJACENT BEDDING PLANES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SW WALL OF FAULT IS CONGLOMERATE. NE WALL IS QUARTZITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1948-1952
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63
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