Black Dragon Mine

The Black Dragon Mine is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,098 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Dragon Mine
Secondary: End Line
Secondary: Metal States Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Dugway Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Claim Is Along A Fault Forming The Sw Side Of A Graben (Attitude Nw, 30 Deg. Ne

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ochre Mtn Ls Hydorthermally Altered To Dolomite

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 10.87% CU
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE FROM WINZE: 0.51% PB, 0.63% ZN
Analytical Data: BRECHON (1934): 3.8% CU

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 60 DEG DECLINE 250 FT. DEEP; A 250 FT. DRIFT AT THE 120 FT LEVEL; A 160 FT DRIFT AT 200 FT LEVEL. AN 80 FT ADIT IS LOCATED 160 FT SW OF DECLINE. A THIRD SET OF WORKINGS IS LOCATED ON A FAULT ZONE 210 FT W-NW, INCLUDES A 68 FT WINZE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM MINE ARE COMBINED WITH SMELTER CANYON AND FOUR METALS MINES PRODUCTION AND LISTED IN STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 415

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LS. HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED TO DOLOMITE AND INTENSLY FRACTURED. THE DOLOMITE IS THE HANGING WALL OF THE FAULT.

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: STAATZ & CARR, 1964 USGS PP 415 P. 177

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN DEP OF THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB CO., UT.: USGS PP 415

Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPO QUAD, DUGWAY RANGE NW, 7.5', 1953

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 07-29-1970

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP 111

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS PP 415

Reference (Production): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF PAP 415

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