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Blackbird Mine, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USAi
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Magnetite, etc.

Blackbird Mine, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
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Fluorapatite, etc.

Blackbird Mine, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
05447860017272280817942.jpg
Magnetite, etc.

Blackbird Mine, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
00343360017685763853704.jpg
Fluorapatite, etc.

Blackbird Mine, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
05447860017272280817942.jpg
Magnetite, etc.

Blackbird Mine, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
00343360017685763853704.jpg
Fluorapatite, etc.

Blackbird Mine, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 47' 17'' North , 113° 10' 50'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
37.78833,-113.18083
GRN:
N26W64
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Enoch6,265 (2017)13.8km
Cedar City30,184 (2017)16.2km
Summit160 (2011)21.5km
Kanarraville369 (2017)27.7km
Parowan2,926 (2017)31.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
180471
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:180471:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P.
Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 44
Deposit:: BLAK H.RICHARD AND MACKIN J.HOOVER 1967 GEOL.INTERPRETATION
Deposit:: OF AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE IRON SPRINGS DIST.UT USGS
Deposit:: PROF PAPER 516-B,14P
Deposit:: BULLOCK K.C.1976 IRON DEPOSITS OF UT UGMS BUL.88,P23-63
Deposit:: MACKIN, J.H. AND ROWLEY, P.D., 1976 , GEOL MAP OF THE THREE PEAKS QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 1297
Deposit:: MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBO
Commodities (Major) - Iron
Development Status: Past Producer
Structure: Sevier Thrust System, The Three Peaks Pluton
Host Rock: Quartz Monzonite
Tectonic Structure: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘFluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Fⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Pⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ClChlorine
Clⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Caⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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References

Barker, D.S. (1995) Crystallization and alteration of quartz monzonite, Iron Springs mining district, Utah: relation to associated iron deposits. Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists: 90: 2197-2217.
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