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Iron Queen Mine & Associated Workings

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Kaolin, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010706
MRDS ID D004610
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Queen Mine & Associated Workings
Alternate or previous names Jay Johnson & Mickey Robis Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.57525, 38.25302 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 1/4 MILE SOUTH BLAWN MTN

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)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 30,20,29,26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Iron Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fish Haven Dolomite;Ordo Eureka Quartzite
    Rock description Fish Haven Dolomite;Ordo Eureka Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.57525, 38.25302
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 75 DEG E
    Dip 60-70 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington/Indian Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jay Johnson Kaolin Corp. And Mickey Robis
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jay Johnson Kaolin Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 228.6M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS, DOZER CUTS, ADITS, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 25 ROTARY DRILL HOLS IN SECTIONS 26 AND 30 BY JOHNS-MANVILLE, SOME UNDER GROUND MAPS BY PERRY, L.I, UGMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    JOHNS-MANSVILLE CORPORATION CELITE DIVISION, 1974, MAPS AND DRILL HOLE INFORMATION ON KAOLIN DEPOSITS: JOHNS-MANSVILLE CORPORATION CELITE DIVISION, 2500 MIGUELITO ROAD, LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA 93436.

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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