| Deposit ID | 10011201 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005513 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | April Fool Mine |
| Related records | 10227152 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.1933, 37.7708 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1807 |
| Relative position | 5,350 FEET NNW OF PEAK NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 15 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
The Three Peaks(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 | 10 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 48.9 % IRON |
|---|
| 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 | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation |
| Rock description | Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation |
| (1) | Entrada and Carmel Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Three Peaks Pluton |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N38 DEG E |
| Dip | 25 DEG W |
| Thickness | 34.44M |
| Length | 518.16M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Depth to top | 250M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | U.S. Bureau Of Mines |
| District name | Iron Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Charlotte Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 8.094HA |
| Length | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005513 |
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 INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-1297
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGISTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE BODY IS A REPLACEMENT OF HOMESTAKE LIMESTONE WHICH OCCURS AS A FOUNDERED SLAB OR SILVER OF LIMESTONE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY PORPHYRY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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