Iron Queen

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10154579
MAS/MILS ID 0490010027
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Queen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.57441, 38.25276 (WGS84)
Elevation 2440
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029 S 015 W 30 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.57441, 38.25276

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 45M
    Length 75M
    Width 3M
    Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N75W:65S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Pine Grove

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mickey Robis
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .56
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 1.8
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 225M
    Overall depth 25M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Number of Shafts 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 185
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, BLAWN MTN. AREA UGMS SPEC. STUDIES

  • Deposit

    IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH UGMS BULLETIN 88 BY K.C. BULLOCK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM AND FLUORITE FOUND OWNER:S ADDRESS: HORNSILVER HOTEL/MILFORD ORE IN ORD.-DEV. DOLOMITE; RHYOLITE PORPHYRY LIES ALONG ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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