| Deposit ID | 10041848 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057690 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Krotki Iron Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Iron Peaks, Iron Cap |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.21967, 38.53275 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2176 |
| Relative position | NEAR THE SUMMIT OF IRON PEAKS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sevier(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Sevier |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 004W | 15 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Result | 1970 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF STALACTITIC MASSIVE ORE: 57.7 % FE, 4.77 % SILICA, 0.08 % S, 0.024 % P, 1.27 % MN. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF OCHEROUS ORE: 51.2 % FE, 1.6 % SILICA, 0.04 % S, 0.028 % P, 1.48 % MN. |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.21967, 38.53275 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Iron Peaks Consists From Top To Bottom: 250 Ft Of Silicified Pyroxene Andesite, And 700 - 800 Ft. Of Volcanic Tuff. |
| General form | LENS, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.27M |
| Length | 36.58M |
| Width | 24.38M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Henry District |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057690 |
BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 88 , P. 72 - 75 .
CALLAGHAN, E. AND PARKER, R. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE MONROE QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-155 .
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 52 - 56 .
BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 , P. 546 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE LOWER ORE BODY IS COMPOSED OF YELLOW AND REDDISH LAYERS OF OCHEROUS LIMONITE AND HEMATITE, AND LAYERS OF BLACK MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1979 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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