Duncan Mine

Past Producer 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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011173
MRDS ID D005474
Record type Site
Current site name Duncan Mine
Related records 10155066, 10227134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4033, 37.61748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1,600 FEET NE OF UTAH-56-IRANTAN ROAD INTERSECTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Page Ranch(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 037S 014W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORES ARE MEDIUM SOFT TO MEDIUM HARD AND HAVE A HIGH SULFUR CONTENT OF 1 PERCENT AND HIGHER IN SME AREAS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonization

Analytical data

Result IRON 52%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Iron Mtn. Pluton
    Rock description Iron Mtn. Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Homestake Limestone Member, Carmel Formation
    Rock description Homestake Limestone Member, Carmel Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4033, 37.61748

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Iron Mtn. Intrusion, Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 0 DEG S
    Dip 20 DEG W
    Length 548.64M
    Width 548.64M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing, Faulting, Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Pinto Iron

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. F. And I. Steel Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1942 - 1968
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 52wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 24.282HA

Comments on the workings information

  • BENCH MINE-OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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