| Deposit ID | 10011023 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005166 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jones Mine |
| Related records | 10129919, 10275664 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.20108, 37.74914 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1762 |
| Relative position | 3.7 MILES NE OF SWETT PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cedar City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 012W | 21 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IRON 61.0% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | The Three Peaks Pluton | ||||||
| Rock description | The Three Peaks Pluton | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | Entrada and Carmel Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Three Peaks Intrusion |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 DEG E |
| Dip | 75 DEG N |
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | U.S. Bureau Of Mines |
| District name | Iron Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 4.047HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005166 |
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 2, 62P.
MACKIN, J HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER D., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295.
BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1973, GEOLOGY AND IRON DEPOSITS OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: BRIG. YOUNG UNIV. GEOL. STUDIES, VOL. 20, PT. 1, P. 27-63.
BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.
1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK #2
1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
1973 RECON BULLOCK, BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 20, PT. 1
1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-1295
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
STEGEN R.J., 1979-GEOLOGIST
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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