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Chesapeak Fissure Vein

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203370
MRDS ID D005355
MAS/MILS ID 0490210031
Record type Site
Current site name Chesapeak Fissure Vein
Related records 10011115

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.3691, 37.63558 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036 S 014 W 25 SESWSE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.3691, 37.63558
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 45M
    Length 640M
    Width 2.5M
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N30E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Pinto Iron

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. F And I Steel Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Po Box 316 Pueblo,Colorado 81002
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .35
    Percent Waste Rock 66.6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 25
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 23
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL 88, P 44.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE ESTIMATED BY K C BULLOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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