Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlClive Fault, Fracturing
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite, Magnetite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Iron Springs Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Granite Mtn. Pluton
StructureSevier Thrust System, Clive Fault, Granite Mtn Intrusion
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
AlterationLimonitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10011119
MRDS IDD005361
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.72997, -113.24747
References
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 2, 62P.YOUNG, W.E., IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102P.BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.MACKIN, J. HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER O., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295.1947 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI-40761947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK #21954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-141967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-12951976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATIONS