The Birch Creek Prospect is a iron mine located in Daggett county, Utah at an elevation of 9,199 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: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.92139, -109.99694
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Birch Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birch Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Daggett
District: Birch Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Fault On East
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 36.4 PERCENT FE, 39.3 PERCENT SIO2, 0.09 PERCENT S, 0.56 PERCENT P AND 0.06 PERCENT MN.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NOT LOCATED IN FIELD CHECK, POINT CHOSEN FROM DATA PROVIDED IN LITERATURE
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: BULLOCK, 1970, P. 6, TABLE 1.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, "IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH", UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY BULL. 88
Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY BULL. 8
Reference (Production): BULLOCK, K.C, 1970, IRON DEP. OF UTAH, UT GEOL AND MINER SUR. BULL. 88
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, UT. GEOL. AND MINER SUR., BULL 88 P 21
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