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Blawn Wash Iron Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102082
MRDS ID DC12589
Record type Site
Current site name Blawn Wash Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55137, 38.26996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2176
Relative position NORTH OF BLAWN WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 015W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 MI NE BLAWN MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1970 CHEM ANALYSIS: 46 % FE, 9.4 % SILICA, 0.18 % S, 0.17 % P, 0.36 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.55137, 38.26996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE FILLING AND BEDDED REPLACEMENTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High Angle Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1800'S

Mining district

District name Pine Grove District

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF GOSSAN ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT SHAFT, A DRIFT, AND A GLORY HOLE 30 FT DIAM. AND 35 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IRON ORE WAS USED AS FLUX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV BULL 88 , P. 12

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-25-1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG A HIGH ANGLE FAULT. THE REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT MEASURES 10 FT LONG, 5 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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