| Deposit ID | 10011274 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005846 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Great Western Mine |
| Related records | 10154683 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.20386, 37.74858 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1775 |
| Relative position | 3.6 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 60.0% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 Pluton |
| General form | TABULAR-POD |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 E |
| Dip | 75 N |
| Thickness | 22.86M |
| Length | 233.17M |
| Width | 7.92M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1935 |
| Discoverer | U S Bureau Of Mines |
| Year of first production | 1937 |
| District name | Iron Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Year | 1957 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1937 - 1957 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 16.188HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005846 |
MACKIN, J HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER D, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH, U S GEOL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295
BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1973, GEOLOGY AND IRON DEPOSITS OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL 20, PT 1, P 27-P 63
MACKIN, J HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT; GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGY SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO 2
1947 RECON UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #2, MACKIN
1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN,MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS 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, USGS MAP GQ-1295
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UGMS BULLETIN 88
BULLOCK, K C, 1976 IRON DEP OF UT, UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY BULL 88
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A FISSURE VEIN IN THE SELVAGE JOINT ZONE OF QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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