| Deposit ID | 10101613 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005512 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blackbird Mine |
| Related records | 10227364 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.18163, 37.7883 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1852 |
| Relative position | 3,200 FEET WNW OF PEAK SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 SECTION 2 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
The Three Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 012W | 03 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | IRON: 60.9% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | The Three Peaks Pluton | ||||||
| Rock description | The Three Peaks Pluton | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -113.18163, 37.7883 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Three Peaks Pluton |
| General form | TABULAR-LENSLIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N62 DEG E |
| Dip | 80 DEG E |
| Length | 225.55M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | U.S. Bureau Of Mines |
| District name | Iron Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | James D. Murphy, Jr. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 8.094HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005512 |
YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P.
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62 P.
BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.
1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 4076
1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 2
1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-1297
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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