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Ferry Iron Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015170
MRDS ID DB00345
Record type Site
Current site name Ferry Iron Mine
Related records 10179248

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95076, 40.55523 (WGS84)
Elevation 2675
Relative position 2.0 MILES SE OF IRON MINE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 002N 009W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone;Madison Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone;Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95076, 40.55523
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Flank Uinta Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Width 457.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting And Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Rhodes Plateau

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Scott Allen
    Home office Heber, Ut.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 57 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.01HA
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 6.4M
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT 45 FT BY 25 FT., A CAVED SHAFT 21 FT DEEP, SEVERAL PROSPECT HOLES AND TWO SHORT ADITS WHICH HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE IRON MINERALIZATION.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS PATENTED IN 1890 BY E. P. FERRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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