The Blowhole Hill-Greeley Pass Prospects is a calcium and sand and gravel, construction mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Lat, Long: 40.09417, -112.03583
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Blowhole Hill-Greeley Pass Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blowhole Hill-Greeley Pass Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Calcium
Primary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Volcanic Materials
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Greeley District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS TO MAIN WORKING IN GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): ONE 690 FT. ADIT, THREE SHAFTS (45,20 AND 15 FT.) AND NINE PROSPECTS AVERAGING 60 BY 30 YDS.
Comment (Deposit): THE WORKING AT N. 4438510 E. 411700 ZONE +12 IS THE 690 FT. ADIT WITH ONE SHORT SIDE DRIFT; DRIVEN IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE ALONG A CATCITE, LIMONITE AND HEMATITE CONTAINING ZONE. THE SOUTHERN MOST WORKING IS A GRAVEL PIT, 50 YD. BY 54 YD. AND AVERAGING SIX FEET DEEP. THE EASTERN MOST WORKING ON BLOWHOLE HILL IS AN OPEN CUT AREA 80 YD. IN DIAMETER EXPOSING A VEIN OF BROWN CALCITE (N70W. 82S) UP TO THREE FEET WIDE. THE THREE SHAFTS (45 FT., 20 FT. AND 15 FT.) EXPLORE SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING PYROLUSITE, LIMONITE AND CALCITE. THE PROSPECT DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE SHAFTS IS AN OPENCUT 70 YD. BY 16 YD. BY 4 FT. DEEP IN CLAY. THE NORTHWESTERN MOST PROSPECT IS AN OPEN CUT 58 YD. IN DIAMETER IN A QUARTZ LATITE TUFF. THE REMAINING PROSPECTS ARE OPEN CUTS IN ALLUVIUM AND COLLUVIUM. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP MF-45.
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