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Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087466
MRDS ID D007476
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.93301, 39.86689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF SPRING CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Jack Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 001W 10 NE OF SW SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 24.38M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Long Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 19808 UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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