Bucky Group

Occurrence in Washington 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041808
MRDS ID M057596
Record type Site
Current site name Bucky Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.78942, 37.44609 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE SOUTH AND NORTH SIDE OF MOODY WASH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maple Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 017W 29,30,31,32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY INCLUDES TWO BUCKY CLAIMS, TWO JOHNSON CLAIMS, AND TWO IRON CAP CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEM. ANALYSIS OF HIGH GRADE ORE: 50.6 % FE, 15.2 % SILICA, 0.034 % S, 0.39 % P, 0.12 % MN

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.78942, 37.44609

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, PODS
    Length 3.66M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bull Valley District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF BULLDOZER CUTS, PROSPECT PITS, AND ONE DRILL HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL 88 , P. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MINOR ZONES OF MINERALIZATION. REPLACEMENT OCCURS IN BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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