The Black Dragon-Great Eastern Prospect is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.91944, -112.10333
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Black Dragon-Great Eastern Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Dragon-Great Eastern Prospect
Secondary: Black Dragon Gold-Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: N 35 E Bedding
Type: L
Description: East-West Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorpitism
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): ABUNDANT BARITE; CONTACT WITH STOCK LIES 2000 FT S OF SHAFT
Comment (Location): BLACK DRAGON SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN CONTINUATION OF GOVERNOR ORE BODY
Comment (Workings): OLD SHAFT; OLDER INCLINE NOTED IN 1872 MINING HANDBOOK
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DESPOSTIS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOL. III, 1897-98, PAGE 756.
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