| Deposit ID | 10011174 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005475 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lime Gap Ore Body |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.40413, 37.62165 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1945 |
| Relative position | 2,500 FEET NNE OF UTAH 56-IRANTON ROAD INTERSECTION |
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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 036S | 014W | 34 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Result | IRON 51% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Iron Mtn. Pluton | ||||||||
| Rock description | Iron 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) | -113.40413, 37.62165 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Iron Mtn. Intrusion |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 0 DEG S |
| Dip | 20 DEG W |
| Length | 335.28M |
| Width | 182.88M |
| Depth to top | 167.64M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| District name | Pinto Iron |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Home office | Jefferson City, Tn. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005475 |
YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P.
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST.; UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62 P.
BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.
1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 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 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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