| Deposit ID | 10088074 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00528 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iris Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Deseret |
| Related records | 10299974 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.32884, 38.41247 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2393 |
| Relative position | 4 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUD LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Piute(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beaver(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
Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 004W | 05 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Bullion Canyon Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Bullion Canyon Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Navajo Sandstone |
| Rock description | Navajo Sandstone |
| (1) | -112.32884, 38.41247 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dome |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Discontinuous Small Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 DEG W |
| Dip | 70 DEG E |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Width | 48.77M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ohio Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00528 |
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 35 - 37
PERRY, L. I., 1978
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1978 | Perry, Lee I. | Bureau of Land Management |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.