Section 2 Ore Body

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011109
MRDS ID D005344
Record type Site
Current site name Section 2 Ore Body
Related records 10179293, 10203270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28274, 37.69719 (WGS84)
Elevation 1704
Relative position 3,500 FEET WEST OF DESERT MOUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Mound(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 036S 013W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result IRON 51%

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) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.28274, 37.69719

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Mtn Intrusion, Fracturing And Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 20 DEG S
    Length 518.16M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 274.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing, Faulting, Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer U.S. Steel

Mining district

District name Iron Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Iron County Land Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • NONE, 200 ACRES IN EXTENT FOR PRESUMED ORE BODY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NON-OUTCROPPING DEPOSIT DISCOVERED BY AERIAL MAGNETITE SURVEY. DEPOSIT IS NEARLY COMPLETE REPLACEMENT BODY OF THE HOMESTAKE LIMESTONE, AND THINS IN ALL DIRECTIONS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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