| Deposit ID | 10179622 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005339 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490210054 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Thompson Ore Body |
| Related records | 10090114, 10155223 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.2852, 37.70437 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Desert Mound(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
Federal(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -113.2852, 37.70437 |
|---|
| Strike | N00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 20S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 43M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 180M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 32HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 76M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| District name | Iron Springs District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Margaret L. Pollock, Et Al, |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Home office | 120 Montgomery St San Francisco, Calif |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 32HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490210054 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005339 | MAS references MRDS |
BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN
SURVEY BULL 88, P 54.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.