Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeUnconsolidated Sediments
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formWEDGE
Ore controlAlluvial Fan
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
GangueClay
Geology
Host rockAlluvium,Colluvium · Alluvium;Colluvium
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · The Three Peaks Pluton
StructureSevier Thrust System, The Three Peaks Intrusion
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10011204
MRDS IDD005519
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.75914, -113.20913
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 DIST., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL 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, GEOLOGISTSTEGEN, RALPH J., ON SITE INVESTIGATION