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Diamond Fork

Occurrence in Utah 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021336
MRDS ID DC15663
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Fork

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48216, 40.06162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position FIVE MILES NORTH OF THISTLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Billies Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 004E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciated Ls

Analytical data

Result 1970 CHEM ANALYSIS: 44.8 % FE, 19.4 % SILICA, 0.10 % S, 1.98 % P, 0.03 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48216, 40.06162
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Thanynes Ls Has A Measured Section Of 1,300 Ft.

Ore body information

  • Length 9.14M
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE LS IS COMPOSED OF PINK AND GRAY SANDY LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE AND VARIEGATED SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wasatch Mountains

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LT A FEW HUNDRED TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HYATT,E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 55.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-30-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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

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