| Deposit ID | 10299974 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00528 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490310041 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iris Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Deseret Mine |
| Related records | 10088074 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.32688, 38.41027 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2394 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Piute(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beaver(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
Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Covellite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
| Wulfenite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -112.32688, 38.41027 |
|---|
| Strike | N15W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 70E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ohio |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 600M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490310041 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00528 | MAS references MRDS |
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO
TAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GMS BULL. 102, P. 31-37, 45-47,
6, 7
BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GMS B
0, P. 66
BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPE
P. 542, 556
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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