The Black Rock Mine is a iron mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,165 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,165 Feet (1,879 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.53667, -113.12944
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Black Rock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Rock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hampton C Burke
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Beaver Lake Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VERTICAL PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type: L
Description: Local Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gypsum, Pink-Orng Fe Stain
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 50% C I OF 1000 ST ORE, 25% C I OF 10,000 ST ORE, 10% C I GREATER THAN 10,000 ST ORE
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 SEC 19
Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFTS AVERAGE 300 FT DEEP, ADIT 100 FT LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): BAROSH, J B, 1960, BEAVER LAKE MTNS THEIR GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, BEAVER CO, UTAH, UGMS BULL 68 P 78-80
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UGMS BULLETIN NO 88, P 2
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