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The Iron Mine

Past Producer in Beaver 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10010727
MRDS ID D004639
Record type Site
Current site name The Iron Mine
Related records 10276232

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77385, 38.36941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position 1000 FT SE OF VABM 6180

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adamsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 009W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Callville-Pakoon;Tailsman Quartzite
    Rock description Callville-Pakoon;Tailsman Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77385, 38.36941
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 31 DEG NE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite/Mineral Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.088HA
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN ADIT THAT MAY CONNECT TO A DRIFT OF A VERTICAL SHAFT LOCATED 1000 SOUTH OF THE ADIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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