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Dry Canyon Prospects

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041807
MRDS ID M057595
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Canyon Prospects
Alternate or previous names Mainline Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.50137, 38.2894 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position NEAR THE MOUTH OF DRY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 015W 14 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS HARD AND SPONGY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1970 CHEM ANALYSIS: 48.4 % FE, 11.2 % SILICA, 0.30 % S, 0.39 % P, 0.04 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.50137, 38.2894
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Limestone Is Folded Into A North-Plunging Anticline And Is Cut By A Thrust Plate

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL FISSURE FILLINGS AND BEDDED REPLACEMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Grove District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHALLOW PROSPECT HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH G & MS BULL 88 , P. 12 - 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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