| Deposit ID | 10011275 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005848 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Allie Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Walker Deposit |
| Related records | 10203437 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.23552, 37.7033 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1844 |
| Relative position | 4,400 FEET ESE 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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 012W | 32 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Amethyst | Gangue |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IRON 62.0% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | The Granite Mtn. Platou | ||||||||
| Rock description | The Granite Mtn. Platou | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -113.23552, 37.7033 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Granite Mtn Intrusion, Cory-Armstrong Fault Fracturing |
| General form | TABULAR-PIPELIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N45E |
| Dip | 70E |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1958 |
| District name | Iron Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Home office | Jefferson City, Tn. |
| Year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1958-1976 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 8.094HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005848 |
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 2, 62 P.
YOUNG, W.E., IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P.
BULLOCK,KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.
MACKIN, J. HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER D., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295
1947 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 4076
1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL SOC. GUIDEBOOK #2
1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-1295
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UGMS BULLETIN 88
BULLOCK, 1976, UGMS BULLETIN 88
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT WAS PIPELIKE IN FORM AND SITUATED MOSTLY IN THERE QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY OF THE GRANITE MTN PLUTON, AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONGLY BRECCIATED ZONE WHICH LIKELY SERVED AS A FEEDER PIPE FOR IRON-BEARING HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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