Utah · Iron County
Producer

Comstock Mine

Iron County, Utah, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Calcite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1956
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10300473
MRDS IDD005354
Alternate namesComstock Ore Body
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.64637, -113.355
References
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