Mine detail: Black Hawk Mine

Previously called 'R.E. Plough Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.94522, -112.40274

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Galena
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Sheeprock Series Of Cohonour (1954);
Host type:	Quartzite,Till
Structure:	Basin And Range, Accessory Fissures (N 60-70 E, N, N 20 E, E) Surrounding Strata (Ew, Low N)
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Partily Oxidized Ore

References

MRDS	RE00251
DEP	10055187
Reference	{Deposit:: COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 68, P.116.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAW OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1948-1952.}{Deposit:: HEIKES, V.C., 1920, BLUE BELL DISTRICT IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. 3, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Production:: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOLS. 1949-1952.}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III