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Farm Creek Prospects

Prospect in Duchesne 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096879
MRDS ID DB00330
Record type Site
Current site name Farm Creek Prospects
Related records 10251369

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.00324, 40.61189 (WGS84)
Elevation 2615
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF THE WEST FORK OF FARM CREEK, APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT. SW OF THE JUNCTION WITH FARM CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dark Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley 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 Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 001W 003N 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.00324, 40.61189
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form PODLIKE TO TABULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Iron Corp.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 50 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.009HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW TEST CUTS. SOME UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT BUT IF SO THEY ARE NOW COVERED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS SMALL PITS IN THE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88 , 101 P

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 8

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS AS OUTCROPPINGS ON HILLSIDE ABOVE A THICK LIMESTONE UNIT. HAS A SOME WHAT GOSSAN LIKE CHARACTER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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