Mine detail: Black Rock Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53663, -113.13025

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Gangue:	Gypsum
Orebody form:	VERTICAL PIPE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Laketown Dolomite. (Lime Mtn);Beaver Lake Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite,Evaporite
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile, Local Faults & Fractures
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Gypsum, Pink-Orng Fe Stain

References

MRDS	D005881
DEP	10087247
Reference	{Deposit:: BAROSH, J B, 1960, BEAVER LAKE MTNS THEIR GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, BEAVER CO, UTAH, UGMS BULL 68 P 78-80}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UGMS BULLETIN NO 88, P 2}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111}{Deposit:: 1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68}{Deposit:: 1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.