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Ashton Mine

Occurrence 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. 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 10227399
MRDS ID D005518
MAS/MILS ID 0490210074
Record type Site
Current site name Ashton Mine
Related records 10087206, 10154691

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.2008, 37.76747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
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

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)

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 09 NWSESE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.2008, 37.76747
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
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 Jones Brothers Co.
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLANK H.RICHARD AND MACKIN J.HOOVER 1967 GEOL.INTERPRETATION

  • Deposit

    OF AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE IRON SPRINGS DIST.UT USGS

  • Deposit

    PROF.PAPER 516-B,14P

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK K.C.1976 IRON DEPOSITS OF UT UGMS BUL.88 P23-63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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