The Black Dog Tunnels is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.53917, -112.15500
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Black Dog Tunnels MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Dog Tunnels
Secondary: Red Wing Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein In Eastern Workings (N 40 W, 25 - 35 Sw), Vein In The Western Workings (N 70 E). The Bingham Syncline Is Just 1000 Ft South Of The Mine.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1905 : 29 % PB, 19 OZ/TON AG, 95 CENTS/TON AU, TOTAL VALUE OF $22.57/TON.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UNDER PRESENT OPEN PIT MINE DUMPS
Comment (Deposit): IN THE SILVER HILL VEIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IN THE EASTERN TUNNEL, ORE MATERIAL IS COMPOSED OF ONE FOOT OF BROWN OCHEROUS MATERIAL, 10 INCHES OF WHITE CRUSHED QUARTZITE WITH LENSES OF GALENA, SIX INCHES OF FERRUGINOUS CARBONATE ORE, FOUR INCHES OF BANDED LEAD ORE, AND FEW INCHES OF EARTHY MATERIAL INCLOSING A TWO INCH CORE OF LEAD SULFIDE ORE.
Comment (Commodity): ORE SHOWS A TRANSITION FROM LEAD CARBONATE TO SULPHIDE; GOLD OCCURS IN FERRUGINOUS NODULES; AND QUARTZITE STAINED BY COPPER CARBONATE.
Comment (Workings): THREE TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J. M., 1905 , ECON. GEOL. OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP 38 , P. 296
Reference (Deposit): SOC. OF ECON. GEOLOGIST GUIDEBOOK OF THE BINGHAM MINING DIST., OCT 23 , 1975 , PL. 1
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