Shortline Ore Body

Past Producer in Iron 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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087167
MRDS ID D005364
Record type Site
Current site name Shortline Ore Body
Related records 10275722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27774, 37.70858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 700 FEET WNW OF DESERT MOUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 013W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE OCCURED AS FAIRLY SOFT, BLACK, FINE, GRANULAR MIXTURE WITH OCCASIONAL RIBS OF HARD DENSE MATERIAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result IRON 49% AND 0.12 PERCENT PHOSPHORUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Granite Mtn. Pluton
    Rock description Granite Mtn. Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation
    Rock description Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Entrada and Carmel Formations

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Mtn. Intrusion

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 91.44M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Fracturing, Favorable Limestone Beds, Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discoverer Sargis
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Iron Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Steel Corp., Milner Corp.
    Home office Jefferson City, Tn.

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Period 1949 - 1976
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Iron 49%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 49wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 32.376HA

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS WERE OPEN-PIT BENCH MINE. THE PIT IS NOW LARGELY REFILLED BY WASTE ROCK FROM THE DESERT MOUND ORE BODY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT DEPTH ALONG THE SOUTH MARGIN OF THE DEPOSIT,THE ORE BECAME LOCALIZED ALONG A BRECCIATED ZONE AND EXTENDED TO AN UNDETERMINED DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THE DEPOSIT OCCURED AS A GRABEN BLOCK OR WEDGE OF HOMESTAKE LIMESTONE THAT WAS UNFAULTED INTO THE INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY AND BOUNDED BY PRE-MINERAL EAST-TRENDING FAULTS. DEPOSIT IS NOW DEPLETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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