Diamond Fork Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Utah 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042065
MRDS ID M058263
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Fork Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48105, 40.06717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1899
Relative position 14,100 FT S 85 W OF PALMYRA CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Billies Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 004E 04 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES FE, 44.8%
Result S:02, 19.4%
Result S, .10%
Result P, 1.98%
Result MN, 903%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Thaynes
    Rock description Thaynes

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48105, 40.06717

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Little Diamond Creek Fault; On West Limb Of Wanrhodes Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Diamond Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ilyn D. Garrick

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, P. 81.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS VISIBLE, IRON STAINED ALLUVIUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON MINES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 88, P. 80-81.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP I-931.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, G., 1976, GEOLOGY OF BILLIES MTN. QUADRANGLE, UTAH CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES, VOL. 23, PT. 1, P. 205-2809

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALLOW GOSSAN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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