The Black Hawk Mine is a lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,949 Feet (2,118 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 39.94528, -112.40194
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Black Hawk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Hawk Mine
Secondary: R.E. Plough Property
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Blue Bell District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jerry Prestwich
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Accessory Fissures (N 60-70 E, N, N 20 E, E) Surrounding Strata (Ew, Low N)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partily Oxidized Ore
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE-CONTROLLED MINERALIZATION NORTH-SOUTH, NORTHEAST, AND EAST-WEST STRIKING FAULTS HAVE BRECCIATED THE QUARTZITE IN THE NE WALL OF A N40 W, S 55 W FAULT. ALONG FAULTS AND ADJACENT BEDDING PLANES.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHAFTS AND ADITS
Comment (Production): 27 TONS, INCLUIDS PROD. FROM THE NEW ECLIPSE CLAIM IN 1952. ALL OF THIS WAS PB ORE. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION FROM THIS DISTRICT IS FROM THE BLACK HAWK MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAW OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1948-1952.
Reference (Deposit): HEIKES, V.C., 1920, BLUE BELL DISTRICT IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. 3, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Production): USBM MINERAL YEARBOOLS. 1949-1952.
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 68, P.116.
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