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Dry Fork Prospects

Occurrence in Uintah 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041841
MRDS ID M057677
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Fork Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.7699, 40.65467 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG THE EAST FORK OF THE DRY FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marsh Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 019E 10,11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN DUE TO UNMAPPED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1970 CHEM ANALYSIS OF HEMATITE ORE: 33.2 % FE, 40.8 % SILICA, 0.74 % S, 0.02 % P, 0.06 % MN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.7699, 40.65467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CEMENTING AGENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dry Fork

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 79

  • Deposit

    KINNEY, D M, 1955 , GEOL OF THE UINTA RIVER - BRUSH CREEK AREA: USGS BULL 1007 , P. 162

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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