The Black Rock is a manganese mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,280 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: 7,280 Feet (2,219 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.34472, -112.52889
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Black Rock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Rock
Secondary: Shotwell
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton District
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rock Is Silicified, Sericitized, Chloritized, And Pyritized.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: STOCKPILED ORE ASSAY 28 % MN, ORES FROM FACE OF WORKINGS ASSAY 5 - 18 % MN
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE AVAILABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND PARKER, R.L., 1961 , GEOL MAP OF PART OF THE BEAVER QUAD: USGS MAP MF - 202
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR, 1951 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - A, P. 20
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