Mine detail: Blawn Wash Iron Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

38.26996, -113.55164

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Goethite, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Sevy Dolomite;Lower Part Of Simonson Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt, N 52 E Striking Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M058914
DEP	10042323
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}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 88.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.