Georgia Mine

Past Producer 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087161
MRDS ID D005338
Record type Site
Current site name Georgia Mine
Related records 10202972

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2558, 37.7258 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 4,900 FEET NNW 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

Desert Mound(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 013W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result IRON 45.5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Granite Mtn. Pluton
    Rock description Granite Mtn. Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation
    Rock description Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2558, 37.7258

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Mtn. Intrusion

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG W
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Fracturing, Favorable Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer U.S. Bureau Of Mines
Year of first production 1969

Mining district

District name Iron Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. M. Palmer

Comments on the production information

  • BULLOCK, 1976, UGMS BULLETIN 88

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • BENCH MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALSO OCCURS AS BRECCIA FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENTS ALONG THE FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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