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Red Bird #1-8

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011331
MRDS ID D005960
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird #1-8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6422, 38.06469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 12500 FEET NORTHEAST OF MEADOW SPRING LOCATED IN SECTION 33, T 31 S, R 16 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bible Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(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 031S 016W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6422, 38.06469
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 76.2M
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing And Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Skougard And Hunt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT 40 FEET DEEP AND AN INCLINED ADIT 90 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    PERRY, L I, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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