Mineral Point Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227561
MAS/MILS ID 0490050002
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Point Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.6575, 41.49213 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sharp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009 N 002 E 25 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.6575, 41.49213

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 78S
    Thickness 25M
    Length 50M
    Width 15M
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Strike And Dip N50W:78S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Point District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Division
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 380M
    Overall depth 46M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Number of Shafts 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 138
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings PLUGGED
    3rd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PT. MINE USBM, SALT LAKE CITY, OPEN REPORT

  • Deposit

    IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH UGMS BULLETIN 88 BY K.C. BULLOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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