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Red Hills Prospects

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011199
MRDS ID D005508
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hills Prospects
Related records 10154999

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.98996, 37.83525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position 6550 FT. NE OF RED PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 010W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE GENERAL AREA EXHIBITS PATCHES OF IRON STAINED SOIL AND SPORADIC OCCURRENCES OF IRON NODULES WITHIN THE COARSE SANDSTONE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Iron Springs Formation
    Rock description Iron Springs Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.98996, 37.83525
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND
    Dip 15 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, I.E. .5 MILE RADIUS, SEVERAL DOZER CUTS EXIST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    WILBERG, D.E., 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

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