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Mosby Park Mine

Prospect in Uintah 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096880
MRDS ID DB00417
Record type Site
Current site name Mosby Park Mine
Related records 10301119

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.87545, 40.61884 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 4000 FT. NORTH OF MOSBY MTN. ON THE EAST SIDE OF MOSBY PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ice Cave Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 018E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Uinta Mtn. Group
    Rock description Uinta Mtn. Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.87545, 40.61884
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE, AS ACCESS TO THE WORKINGS IS BLCKED BY A LOCKED GATE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO THE CLOSED WORKINGS

Reporter information

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

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