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Queen of the West Mine

Past Producer in Morgan 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011384
MRDS ID D006176
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of the West Mine
Alternate or previous names Norway Iron Mine
Related records 10251804

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.72773, 40.923 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 11400 FT SW OF HARDSCRABBLE GAGING STA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 002E 09,04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 56.6 PERCENT FE, 4.6 PERCENT SIO2, .05 PERCENT S, 1.06 PERCENT P, .12 PERCENT MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.72773, 40.923
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust And Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Discoverer Norway Iron Mining And Manufacturing

Mining district

District name Hardserabble (Mill Creek)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russel C. Porter

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS WITH AVERAGE DEPTH OF 16 FT., FIVE ADITS WITH AVERAGE LENTH OF 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE WIDTH 10 FT. AVERAGE THICKNESS 50 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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