Description
U.S. Bureau Of Mines
Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFracturing And Favorable Homestake Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · The Three Peaks Pluton
StructureSevier Thrust System, The Three Peaks Pluton
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
AlterationLimonitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1945
Identification
Deposit ID10011201
MRDS IDD005513
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.7708, -113.1933
References
YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P.MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62 P.BLANK, H. RICHARD AND MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1967, GEOL. INTERPRETATION OF AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 516-B, 14 P.BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 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-12971976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGISTS.