The Blawn Wash Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,090 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,090 Feet (2,161 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.27, -113.55083
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Blawn Wash Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blawn Wash Iron Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Blawn Mountain District
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Wah Wah Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: N 52 E Striking Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED SHORT TONS WERE SHIPPED IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A FISSURE-FILLING AND A BEDDED REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT. ORE IS GOETHITE AND LIMONTE GOSSAN. REPLACEMENT MINERALIZATION MEASURES 10 FEET LONG AND 5 FEET WIDE, FORMING A POD.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT (50 FEET DEEP), A DRIFT, AND A STOPE. STOPE HAS CAVED TO THE SURFACE FORMING A GLORY HOLE ABOUT 30 FEET IN DIAMATER AND 35 FEET DEEP. A 20-FOOT SHAFT WAS SUNK SOUTHEAST OF THE IRON MINE IN SEARCH OF URANIUM.
Comment (Geology): SIMONSON DOLOMITE LIES TO THE SE OF THE NE STRIKING FAULT AND THE SEVY DOLOMITE TO THE NORTHWEST. BULLOCK IDENTIFIED THE BEST ROCKS AS THE FISH HAVEN-LAKETOWN DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 88.
Reference (Production): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.T., BEST, M.G., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1983, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE-BLAWN MOUNTAIN AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1479
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