| Deposit ID | 10154691 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005518 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490210017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ashton Mine |
| Related records | 10087206, 10227399 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.2014, 37.76607 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
The Three Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.2014, 37.76607 |
|---|
| Thickness | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 91M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| District name | Iron Springs District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jones Brothers Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 14M | ||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 14M | ||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490210017 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005518 | MAS references MRDS |
IRON DEPOSITS, IRON CO., UTAH USBM RI4076 BY W.E. YOUNG
UGMS BULLETIN 88 IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY K.C. BULLOCK
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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