The Blackbird Ore Body is a iron mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 5,981 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: 5,981 Feet (1,823 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 37.78833, -113.18222
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Blackbird Ore Body MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackbird Ore Body
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Iron Springs 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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSLIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY IS OWN BY UTAH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 44
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J.H. AND ROWLEY, P.D., 1976 , GEOL MAP OF THE THREE PEAKS QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 1297
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-28-1971
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