Section 3 Ore Body

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011108
MRDS ID D005343
Record type Site
Current site name Section 3 Ore Body
Related records 10203461, 10276202

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.29524, 37.69858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1710
Relative position 7,200 FEET SW OF DESERT MOUND

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 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result IRON 48%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name The Granite Mtn. Pluton
    Rock description The Granite Mtn. Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation
    Rock description Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.29524, 37.69858

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Mtn Intrusion, Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 20 DEG S
    Length 250.55M
    Width 167.64M
    Depth to top 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing And Faulting, Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer U.S. Steel

Mining district

District name Iron Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milner Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS, 130 ACRES IN EXTENT FOR PRESUMED ORE BODY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P. 23-63.

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON BULLOCK, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 88

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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