Old Hickory

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Tungsten
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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227336
MAS/MILS ID 0490010007
Record type Site
Current site name Old Hickory

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.0647, 38.44746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1645
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027 S 011 W 22 SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.0647, 38.44746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 90M
    Length 135M
    Width 5M
    Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N25E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Rocky

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Mining Co. (Toledo)
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1035M
    Overall depth 52M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES
    Number of Shafts 3
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 335
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS, SAN FRANCISCO DIST., UTAH USGS PP80

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, BEAVER CO., UT. UGS PUB. 3 BY T.

  • Deposit

    IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH UGMS BULLETIN 88 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

Beyond USGS

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

External references