Description
U S Bureau Of Mines
Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR-POD
Ore controlFracturing, Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite, Magnetite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
StructureSevier Thrust System, The Three Peaks Pluton
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
AlterationLimonitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1937
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10011274
MRDS IDD005846
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.74858, -113.20386
References
MACKIN, J HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER D, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH, U S GEOL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1973, GEOLOGY AND IRON DEPOSITS OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL 20, PT 1, P 27-P 63MACKIN, J HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT; GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGY SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO 21947 RECON UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #2, MACKIN1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN,MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MF-141967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF PAPER 516-B1973 RECON BULLOCK, BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V 20 PT 11976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, USGS MAP GQ-12951976 RECON BULLOCK, UGMS BULLETIN 88BULLOCK, K C, 1976 IRON DEP OF UT, UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY BULL 88