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Section 3 Ore Body

Prospect in Iron 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203461
MRDS ID D005343
MAS/MILS ID 0490210050
Record type Site
Current site name Section 3 Ore Body
Related records 10011108, 10276202

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.2955, 37.69717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1710
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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.2955, 37.69717
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 20S
    Thickness 38M
    Length 274M
    Width 183M
    Area 32HA
    Depth to top 213M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:20S
    Minimum Depth to Top 182
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 45
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 42
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Iron Springs District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milner Corp, 1st Security Bank, N A 4th South Br. Slc,Ut
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 32HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .35
    Percent Waste Rock 66.6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 213
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 23
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL 88, P 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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