The Black Maria Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 40.00028, -113.20278
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Black Maria Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Maria Mine
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cannon, J. F.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: N10e Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1947 USBM: 93 PERCENT CAF2
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, AN ADIT, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 415.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI-4143, 1947
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