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Iron Peak Mine

Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155244
MAS/MILS ID 0490210009
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Peak Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.67908, 37.82218 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Panguitch(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

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033 S 007 W 17 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.67908, 37.82218
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. A. Pulley And Sons

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 5080mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silica SiO2 4.9 wt-pct Silica 1970
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.03 wt-pct Phosphorus 1970
    Manganese Mn 0.36 wt-pct Manganese 1970
    Sulfur S 0.006 wt-pct Sulfur 1970
    Iron Fe 62.4 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    IRON ORE DEPOSITS, BULLOCK,K.C., 1970, P. 6 AND P. 63

  • Deposit

    MESA MET-NONMET MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    UGMS BULL 88,1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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