Wall Street Fissure Vein

Occurrence in Iron 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011019
MRDS ID D005157
Record type Site
Current site name Wall Street Fissure Vein
Related records 10154904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24608, 37.71525 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 1,600 FEET NE OF SWETT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar City NW(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 012W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PREDOMINATELY MAGNETITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Granite Mtn. Pluton
    Rock description Granite Mtn. Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24608, 37.71525

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Mtn. Intrusion

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 140.21M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing And Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charlotte Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • NONE-32 ACRES IN AREA PRESUMED ORE BODY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 2, 62P.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, W.E., IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102P.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER D., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295

  • Deposit

    1947 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 4076

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL SOC. GUIDEBOOK #2

  • Deposit

    1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B

  • Deposit

    1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-1295

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON BULLOCK, UGMS BULLETIN 88

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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