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Pope Iron Mine

Past Producer 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097959
MRDS ID DB00476
Record type Site
Current site name Pope Iron Mine
Related records 10252290

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.56794, 40.73578 (WGS84)
Elevation 2981
Relative position 2000 FT SOUTH EAST OF DYER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dyer Mountain(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 001S 021E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF SIX SAMPLES: 53.2 % FE, 2.21 % SIO2 , 0.29 % S, 0.04 % P, 0.06 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.56794, 40.73578
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift, South Flank Uinta Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, ELONGATE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS AT CONTACT OF MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE AND PRECAMBRIAN SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carbonate Dist.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Development Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 50 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE DOZER CUTS AND ONE SMALL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: BULLOCK, 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UGMS, BULL 88

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURVEY, BULL. 8

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH

Reporter information

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

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