The Black Dragon Mine is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.99083, -113.21083
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Black Dragon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Dragon Mine
Secondary: End Line
Secondary: Metal States Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Claim Is Along A Fault Forming The Sw Side Of A Graben (Attitude Nw, 30 Deg. Ne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ochre Mtn Ls Hydorthermally Altered To Dolomite
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10.87% CU
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE FROM WINZE: 0.51% PB, 0.63% ZN
Analytical Data: BRECHON (1934): 3.8% CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 60 DEG DECLINE 250 FT. DEEP; A 250 FT. DRIFT AT THE 120 FT LEVEL; A 160 FT DRIFT AT 200 FT LEVEL. AN 80 FT ADIT IS LOCATED 160 FT SW OF DECLINE. A THIRD SET OF WORKINGS IS LOCATED ON A FAULT ZONE 210 FT W-NW, INCLUDES A 68 FT WINZE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM MINE ARE COMBINED WITH SMELTER CANYON AND FOUR METALS MINES PRODUCTION AND LISTED IN STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 415
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LS. HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED TO DOLOMITE AND INTENSLY FRACTURED. THE DOLOMITE IS THE HANGING WALL OF THE FAULT.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: STAATZ & CARR, 1964 USGS PP 415 P. 177
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN DEP OF THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB CO., UT.: USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPO QUAD, DUGWAY RANGE NW, 7.5', 1953
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 07-29-1970
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS PP 415
Reference (Production): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF PAP 415
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