Rex Ore Body

Prospect in Iron 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. 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 10275808
MRDS ID D005499
MAS/MILS ID 0490210216
Record type Site
Current site name Rex Ore Body
Related records 10090118, 10155318

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.3991, 37.63247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1997
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

Silver Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036 S 014 W 35 NWNWNW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.3991, 37.63247

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Steel Corp.
    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 23-NOV-1983 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.