Ashton Mine

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087206
MRDS ID D005518
Record type Site
Current site name Ashton Mine
Related records 10154691, 10227399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2008, 37.76747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 3,900 FEET WEST OF PEAK NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4 SECTION 15

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Three Peaks(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 012W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result 61.0%

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) -113.2008, 37.76747

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

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 Jones Brothers Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 50 FEET DEEP, IS THE ONLY WORKINGS AT SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A FISSURE VEIN THAT LIES IN QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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