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Yellow Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055183
MRDS ID RE00246
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.74859, 39.93827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 8750 FT S 51 W OF LION PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 8W 21 NE OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Sheeprock Series (Cohenous, 1959);
    Rock description Sheeprock Series (Cohenous, 1959);
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.74859, 39.93827
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 60 SW
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 60 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 25 W, 60 Sw Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Erickson District District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. L. Shielde

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT OF UNDETERMINED LENGTH, TRENDING APPROX. N 22 W, DRIVEN ON THE N 25 W 60SW FISSURE. A N 28 E TRENDING ADIT IS 20 FT. BELOW THE PRINCIPAL ADIT, INTERSECTING THE WORKING APPROX. 50 FT. INSIDE THE ADIT. ADIT IS 600 FT. NORTHWEST OF THE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M., 3, 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU M.S. THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    COHENOUS, R.E., 1959, SHEEP ROCK MOUNTAIN, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE CONSISTING OF BRECCIATED QUARTZITE WITH PYRITE-QUARTZ STRINGERS FILLING THE FRACTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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