The Black Rock Canyon Quarry is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,482 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.71139, -112.23528
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Black Rock Canyon Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Rock Canyon Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Lake Point Area
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Great Salt Lake Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Limonitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED ALONG BLACK ROCK FAULT ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): QUARRYING IN LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITIC HOSTROCKS; VARIOUS SMALL PITS AND CHANNELS
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND DEFORMED; MINERALIZED ZONES ARE LOCALIZED IN ALTERED ZONES; VEINS OF SILICA AND CALCITE ARE COMMON.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, 672 P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1935, MINOR COPPER PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN UTAH: COPPER RES. OF THE WORLD: 16TH INTER. GEOL. CONG., P 369
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.
Reference (Deposit): TOOKER, E.W., AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1961, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE NORTH END OF THE OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN: UT. GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 16, P. 17-35.
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