The Blackbird Mine is a iron mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,076 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: 6,076 Feet (1,852 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 37.78833, -113.18083
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Blackbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackbird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Iron Springs
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: James D. Murphy, Jr.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR-LENSLIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sevier Thrust System
Type: L
Description: The Three Peaks Pluton
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IRON: 60.9%
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): DEPOSIT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF MAGNETITE
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY IS A FISSURE VEIN DEPOSIT IN QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY. THE FISSURE VEIN IS LENSLIKE IN FORM, ABUNDANT APATITE IN THE ORE GIVES A HIGH PHOSPHOROUS COUNT.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Workings): BENCH MINE WITH TWO PITS, NUMEROUS SMALL SURFACE PROSPECT PITS ADJACIENT TO LARGE WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): BLANK, H. RICHARD AND MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1967, GEOL. INTERPRETATION OF AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 516-B, 14 P.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.
Reference (Deposit): 1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 4076
Reference (Deposit): 1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 2
Reference (Deposit): 1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P.
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
Reference (Deposit): 1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-1297
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
Reference (Production): STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST
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