Black Balsam Prospect

The Black Balsam Prospect is a lead, fluorine-fluorite, and copper mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,480 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Black Balsam Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Utah

Elevation: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper

Lat, Long: 39.95694, -111.75028

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Black Balsam Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Black Balsam Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Santaquin District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Lentz Greenhalgh


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Development): LOCATED BEFORE 1920, ON TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): VEIN CUTTING SHATTERED GRANITE GNEISS WITH NEARBY LAMPROPHYRE DIKE

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Workings): TWO CLAIMS AND TWO ADITS. UPPER ADIT IS 251 FT. LONG, ON BLACK BALSAM NO. 1 CLAIM, THE LOWER ADIT IS 312 FT. LONG, ON BLACK BALSAM NO. 2 CLAIM


References

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PROF. PA. 111.

Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1918, TWO LAMPROPHYRE DIKES NEAR SANTAQUIN AND MOUNT NEBO, UT.: USGS PROF. PA. 120-E.

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.


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