Mine detail: Black Rock Claims Mine

Previously called 'Huber-Rydalch DepositBaby ElephantStrang Evening Star Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.93272, -112.71803

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Manganese
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Braunite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1936

Geology

Host rock:	Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1954);
Host type:	Quartzite,Phyllite,Conglomerate
Structure:	Basin And Range, Bedding Strikes N-S, Dips 20-25 Degrees East
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	RE00235
DEP	10055181
Reference	{Deposit:: BATTY, J.V., AND R. HAVENS, 1952, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE MANGANESE ORE FROM BLACK ROCK, KRAMER, AND MORGAN-CRANAR PROPERTIES, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 4818, 17 P.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 979-A, P. 40-41.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGAN AND WASHINGTON, IN USGS BULLETIN 725, P. 210-211.}{Production:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, P. 40; THOMAS, G.H., 1958, P.30.}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III