| Deposit ID | 10275835 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005346 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490210008 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Jacket Mine |
| Related records | 10094357 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.3511, 37.64807 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Desert Mound(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 | 036 S | 013 W | 19 | SESWSE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -113.3511, 37.64807 |
|---|
| Strike | N25W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 75W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 150M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 460M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 12M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 16HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Year of first production | 1970 |
| District name | Pinto Iron |
|---|
| 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 of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490210008 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005346 | MAS references MRDS |
BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN
SURVEY BULL 88, P 54-5.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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