| Deposit ID | 10011021 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005163 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lindsay Hill Mine-South Ore Body |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.22997, 37.71997 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1826 |
| Relative position | 6,500 FEET ENE OF SWETT PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 012W | 32 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IRON 51.4% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Granite Mtn. Pluton | ||||||||
| Rock description | Granite Mtn. Pluton | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation |
| Rock description | Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation |
| (1) | -113.22997, 37.71997 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Granite Mtn. Pluton |
| General form | TABULAR-POD |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 DEG E |
| Dip | 60 DEG E |
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1947 |
| Discoverer | U.S. Bureau Of Mines |
| District name | Iron Springs |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1945 - 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 48.564HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005163 |
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST., UTAH; UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 2, 62P.
YOUNG, W.E., IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102P.
BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.
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.
1947 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI-4076
1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK #2
1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-1295
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
BULLOCK, K.C., 1976 UGMS BULL. 88
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT WAS ESSENTIALLY A TABULAR POD WITH LITTLE OR NO LENSING. AT DEPTH, THE DEPOSIT APPARENTLY MERGES INTO A BRECCIA PIPE DEPOSIT SUGGESTING THAT THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN FED FROM DEPTH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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