Iron Springs District

Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Copper, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000413
MRDS ID DC14817
Record type District
Current site name Iron Springs District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3802, 37.61888 (WGS84)
Relative position THE DISTRICT COVERS 4 MILES WIDE AND 21 MILES LONG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Page Ranch(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3802, 37.61888

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description CORY FAULT, ARMSTRONG FAULT, CLIVE FAULT. THESE FAULTS ARE LOCATED AT THE EDGES OF THE GRANITE MTN INTRUSIVE. THE THREE INLINE INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE BODIES TREND NE.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1849
Discoverer Mormons
Year of first production 1874

Mining district

District name IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner CF & I STEEL
  • Type Owner
    Owner US STEEL
  • Type Operator
    Owner CF & I STEEL
  • Type Operator
    Owner US STEEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEITH, C. K. AND HARDER, E. C., 1908 , IRON ORES OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT: USGS BULL 338 .

  • Deposit

    MACVICHIE, D., 1926 , IRON FIELDS OF IRON SPRINGS AND PINTO MINING DISTRICT: AIME TRANS 74 , P. 163 - 173 .

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, W. E., 1947 , IRON DEPOSITS, IRON CO., UTAH: USBM REPT INV. 4076 .

  • Deposit

    COOK, K. L., 1950 , MAGNETIC SURVEYS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT: USBM REPT. INV. 4586.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. H., 1954 , GEOL AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF GRANITE MTN AREA: USGS MIN. INV. MAP MF - 14.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. H., 1947 , SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    RATTE, C. A., 1963 , ROCK ALTERATION AND ORE GENESIS IN IRON SPRINGS - PINTO MINING DIST.: PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV BULL 88.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1973 , GEOL AND IRON DEP OF IRON SPRINGS DIST: BYU GEOL STUDIES VOL. 20 , PT. 1 , P. 27 - 65.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. H., NELSON, W. H., AND ROWLEY, P. D., 1976 , GEOL MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 1295.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. H. AND ROWLEY, P. D., 1976 , GEOL MAP OF THE THREE PEAKS QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 1297.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , P. 568 - 580 .

Beyond USGS

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