Blue Rock

The Blue Rock is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,811 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: Blue Rock  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

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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