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Goslin Mtn Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011428
MRDS ID D006267
Record type Site
Current site name Goslin Mtn Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26128, 40.96134 (WGS84)
Elevation 2374
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES SE OF EDITH ASPEN PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goslin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 023E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Red Creek Quartzite;Bench Gravel
    Rock description Red Creek Quartzite;Bench Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26128, 40.96134
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 6.1M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goslin Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. Turner And D. Timothy
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STOCK PILED, SOURCE NOT VISIBLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERY OLD, GOSSAN STOCKPILED, PERHAPS 2-3 TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PP 490

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO., UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 66.

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST UT. GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP POORLY EXPOSED, STRIKE & DIP UNOBTAINABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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