Twitchell Ore Body

Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202961
MRDS ID D005361
MAS/MILS ID 0490210254
Record type Site
Current site name Twitchell Ore Body
Related records 10011119

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.2475, 37.72997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1777
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar City NW(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035 S 012 W 30 NESENW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.2475, 37.72997

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James D. Murphy
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNG W.E.IRON DEPOSITS IRON CO UT U.S.BUREAU OF MINES REPOR

  • Deposit

    T OF INVESTIGATION 4076,102P

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK KENNETH 1976 IRON DEPOSITS OF UT UGMS BULL 88 P.23-6

  • Deposit

    3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.