Mine detail: Black Maria Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.00022, -113.2036

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Chalcocite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mountain Quartzite;
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Basin And Range, N10e Fault
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	RE00144
DEP	10055138
Reference	{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 415.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110.}{Deposit:: USBM RI-4143, 1947}
Reporter	Everts, Mike L.