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Iron Duke Mine

Past Producer in Piute 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252041
MRDS ID DB00529
MAS/MILS ID 0490310043
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Duke Mine
Related records 10015225

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.20358, 38.49217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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 Piute

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.20358, 38.49217
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 16M
    Length 31M
    Width 6M
    Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N70E:80S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Henry Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner East Utah Mining Co.,
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLARD, M E, AND EUGENE CALLAGHAN, 1962, GEOLOGY OF MARYSV

  • Deposit

    QUAD, UTAH. U S GEOL SURVEY MAP GQ-154.

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE

  • Deposit

    UTAH. UTAH GEOL + MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102. P 52.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE ESTIMATED 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

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