Middle Swansea Group

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012609
MRDS ID D008330
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Swansea Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13162, 39.93439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5400 FT SE. OF HANNIFIN RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 24 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Swansea Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Swansea Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13162, 39.93439

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Centennial Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Main Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC JUNCITON QUAD. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    MORRIS, G.T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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