| Deposit ID | 10252038 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005161 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490210045 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Mormon Ore Body |
| Related records | 10106644 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.2311, 37.72857 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1756 |
| Location accuracy | 100(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 | 29 | SESWNW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.2311, 37.72857 |
|---|
| Strike | N00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 25E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 105M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 213M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 11M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 23M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1887 |
| District name | Iron Springs District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | 120 Montgomery St San Francisco Ca 94106 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 649 Cedar City, Utah 84720 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490210045 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005161 | MAS references MRDS |
BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN
SURVEY BULL 88, P 49.
IRON DEPOSITS, IRON CO, 1947, U S BUR OF MINES RI 4076, P 12
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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