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Widemouth Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021101
MRDS ID DC14922
Record type Site
Current site name Widemouth Canyon Prospect
Alternate or previous names Iron Jack, Bullawana, Elephant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53079, 38.72746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1795
Relative position 0.5 MILE SW OF WIDEMOUTH CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dog Valley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 006W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WIDEMOUTH CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53079, 38.72746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GOSSAN CAPPING
    Length 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pavant Range

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND A FEW PROSPECT HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 70

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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