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Ironton Adit

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094507
MRDS ID D008710
Record type Site
Current site name Ironton Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61467, 40.19967 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position 6100 FT. N 12 W OF U.S. FISH GATCHERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(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 007S 003E 21 SE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Big Cotlonwood
    Rock description Big Cotlonwood
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.61467, 40.19967
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Provo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • COLLAPSED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1973, GEOL. MAP OF THE SPRINGVILLE QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-1103.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINS OF QUARTZ, CHLORITE AND ORTHOCLASE IN PURPLE PHYLLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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