Deadman Gulch Prospects

Occurrence in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041750
MRDS ID M057507
Record type Site
Current site name Deadman Gulch Prospects
Alternate or previous names Red Bluff
Related records 10227000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50774, 41.93882 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
Relative position 3600 FT E OF HORSE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tony Grove Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 004E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HEMATITE IS BLUE - BLACK TO RED AND IS RELATIVELY HARD. THE MAGNEITE IS BLACK, MASSIVE AND HIGH GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 50% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50774, 41.93882

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris - Willard Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N - S
    Dip 20 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In Small Bedded Replacements In Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE BLOOMINGTON FM CONSIST OF 1500 FT. OF GRAY, MASSIVE, THIN BEDDED LIMESTONE, SOME SANDY ARGILLACEOUS BEDS AND A SHALE MEMBER AT THE BASE OF THE FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swan Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Riles And Lemoille Harris

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR BULL DOZER CUTS IN AREA OF REDDISH STAINED LIMESTONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C. 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY BULL. 88

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 8

  • Production

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 88.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR., BULL. 88.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO MEASUREMENTS AS TO SIZE OF DEPOSIT
Deposit BLOOMINGTON FM. CONSISTS OF 1500 FT. OF GREY, MASSIVE, THIN BEDDED LIMESTONE SOME SANDS, ARGILLACEOUS BEDS AND A SHALE MEMBER AT THE BASE OF THE FORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-SEP-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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