The Black Canyon Prospects is a iron mine located in Uintah county, Utah.
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Black Canyon Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Canyon Prospects
Secondary: Goat Claim
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Black Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Prospects Are Along The South Flank Uinta Fault Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Black Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1970 CHEM. ANALYSIS: 25.6 % FE, 35.8 % SILICA, 0.78 % S, 0.07 % P, 0.04 % MN
Materials
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKOWN
Comment (Geology): THE IRON MINERALS CEMENT A COQUINA - LIKE LIMESTONE CONTAINING BRECCIATED SANDSTONE PEBBLES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW PROSPECT HOLES, AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 77-78
Reference (Deposit): KINNEY, D M, 1955 , GEOL OF THE UINTA RIVER - BRUSH CREEK AREA: USGS BULL 1007 , P. 162
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