Iron Cap Mine

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251760
MAS/MILS ID 0490410021
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Cap Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Peaks Mine, Krotki Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.21908, 38.53327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2150
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026 S 004 W 15 NWSESE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Altaite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.21908, 38.53327

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N67E
    Dip 17E
    Thickness 4M
    Length 37M
    Width 9M
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N67E:17E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    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 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Henry Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Parker, Andrew
    Interest 100
    Home office Joseph,Utah 84739
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    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 72-74.

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. + R. PARKER, 1961, GEOL. MONROE QUAD. USGS MAP

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE

  • Deposit

    UTAH. UTAH GEOL. + MINERAL SURVEY BULL 102. P 52-6.

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

Beyond USGS

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