Alluvial Iron Ores

Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011105
MRDS ID D005337
Record type Site
Current site name Alluvial Iron Ores
Related records 10179430

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.34163, 37.64498 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 4,400 FEET SE OF HOMESTAKE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Mound(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 013W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result IRON 10.0%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Iron Mtn. Pluton
    Rock description Iron Mtn. Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.34163, 37.64498

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Iron Mtn. Intrusion

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Dip 10 DEG E
    Length 426.72M
    Width 426.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvial Plain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pinto Iron

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eugene P. Mccahill

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 105.222HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, DISTURBED AREA 260 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER DEPOSIT IN QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.