Black Rock Mine

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

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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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