| Deposit ID | 10011112 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005349 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain Lion Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.35969, 37.64719 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1981 |
| Relative position | 2,800 FT. SSW OF HOMESTAKE MINE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 036S | 013W | 19 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IRON 54% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -113.35969, 37.64719 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Iron Mtn. Intrusion |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 0 DEG S |
| Dip | 30 DEG E |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 304.8M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1943 |
| Year of first production | 1970 |
| District name | Pinto Iron |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Home office | Jefferson City, Tn. |
| Year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1970 - 1976 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 80.94HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005349 |
YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P.
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62 P.
BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.
1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 4076
1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 2
1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATION MAP MF-14
1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
BULLOCK, 1976, UGMS BULLETIN 88
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS BOUNDED AND CUT BY FAULTS OF VARYING MAGNITUDES AND OFTEN SHOWS BRECCIATION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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