| Deposit ID | 10094368 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005931 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | State Section 16 Ore Body |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.21191, 37.75525 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1756 |
| Relative position | 2100 FEET WEST OF PEAK ON SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4 OF SECTION 16 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 012W | 16 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | The Three Peaks Pluton | ||||||||
| Rock description | The Three Peaks Pluton | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | Entrada and Carmel Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Three Peaks Intrusion |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 S |
| Depth to top | 243.84M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | Us Bureau Of Mines |
| District name | Iron Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah Construction And Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005931 |
YOUNG, W E, 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P
MACKIN, J HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRONS SPRINGS DIST UTAH GEOL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO 2, 62 P
BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63
1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, US BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV 4076
1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #2
1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF PAPER 516-B
1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-1297
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
STEGEN, R J, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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