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Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087065
MRDS ID D004568
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15664, 38.65607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 9,200 FEET NORTH OF IRON MINE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mine Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 012W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Limonite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Z Papoose Creek Formation
    Rock description Z Papoose Creek Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15664, 38.65607
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 25 DEG NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J. 1979, UT. GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF QUARTZITE BY MAGNETITE, HEMATITE AND LIMONITE HAS OCCURED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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