The Blue Rock is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,811 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,811 Feet (2,076 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9442, -112.12140
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Blue Rock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Rock
Secondary: Centennial-Eureka
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Centurion Mines Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1994
Owner Name: U. V. Industries, 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake Ct, Ut
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1886
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Enargite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Azurite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): 202, + 131-2.
Reference (Deposit): THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT. USGS PROF PAPER 107, P 80-1,
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W, + LOUGHLIN, G F, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI
Reference (Deposit): TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH. USGS 19TH ANN. REPT, PT 3, P 724
Reference (Deposit): TOWER G W, + SMITH, G O, 1898, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY
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