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Knight Investment Co. West Group

Occurrence in Juab 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087621
MRDS ID D008324
Record type Site
Current site name Knight Investment Co. West Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14857, 39.97634 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position 6400 FT W. OF PACKARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 02 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Teutonic Ls.;Ophir Formation;Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Teutonic Ls.;Ophir Formation;Tintic Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14857, 39.97634
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Hill Fault And Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 57E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name N. Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS AND FOUR PROSPECTS: LOWER TUNNEL IS AN OPEN CUT 10 FT LONG, UPPER TUNNEL IS APPROXIMATELY 300 FT LONG AND INACCESSIBLE, NE PROSPECT IS 25 FT DEEP SHAFT, NW PROSPECT IS 60 FT DEEP SHAFT, SE PROSPECT IS SMALL PIT, SW PROSPECT IS 100 FT LONG COLLAPSED ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H. T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGEL, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D. R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B. T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H. T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    MORRIS, H. T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JASPEROID PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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