Birch Creek Prospect

The Birch Creek Prospect is a iron mine located in Daggett county, Utah at an elevation of 9,199 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Birch Creek Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Daggett

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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