Corry Fissure Veins

Occurrence in Iron 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087116
MRDS ID D005165
Record type Site
Current site name Corry Fissure Veins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18191, 37.73636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1698
Relative position 4.1 MILES ENE OF SWETT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 012W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IRON 61%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name The Three Peaks Pluton
    Rock description The Three Peaks Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.18191, 37.73636

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Three Peaks Pluton

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N75 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG N
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing, Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charlotte Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT-18 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO 2, 62P.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. HOOVER, AND ROWLEY, PETER D., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1973, GEOLOGY AND IRON DEPOSITS OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: BRIG. YOUNG UNIV. GEOL. STUDIES, VOL. 20, PT. 1, P 27-63.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P. 23-63.

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK #2

  • Deposit

    1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON BULLOCK, BYU GEOL. STUDIES, V. 20, PT. 1

  • Deposit

    1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-1295

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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