Iron Pass Mine

Prospect in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010754
MRDS ID D004707
MAS/MILS ID 0490270097
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Pass Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1572, 38.62885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position AT IRON 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 24 SWNWNW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • Unsurveyed Sw 1/4, Nw 1/4, Nw 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1572, 38.62885

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures
  • Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry: Local - Local Faults
    Regional - Basin & Range, Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
  • Original Tectonic Setting entry: Paleozoic Miogeosyncline
  • Original Alteration entry: Alteration Veins
  • Original Ore Control entry: Fissures & Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.044HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Everts, M.L., 1979, Geologist

  • Deposit

    Everts, M.L., And Krupicka, Dc., 1979; Utah Geological And Mineral Survey; On-Site Investigation

  • Deposit

    1913 Recon Butler, B.S., USGS Pp #80

  • Deposit

    1920 Recon Butler, B.S., USGS Pp # 111

  • Deposit

    1960 Recon Ugms Bull # 68

  • Deposit

    1963 Recon Heyl, USGS Bull 1135-B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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