| Deposit ID | 10227366 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005847 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490210021 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Smith Mine |
| Related records | 10101627 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.1975, 37.74107 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1720 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
Federal lands
Federal(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035 S | 012 W | 22 | SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.1975, 37.74107 |
|---|
| Thickness | 45M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 25M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| District name | Iron Springs District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490210021 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005847 | MAS references MRDS |
IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH UGMS BULLETIN 88 BY K.C. BULLOCK
| 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.
| Status | Intermittent since 05/27/2026 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 4202753 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Smith Pit |
| Current operator | Iron Mtn Rock Products |
| Current controller (parent) | Brian Nichols; Trudi Nichols |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (210 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
Open MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System for inspections, accidents, and violations for this mine.