Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaulting And Fracturing, Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite, Magnetite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Granite Mtn. Pluton
StructureSevier Thrust System, Granite Mtn Intrusion, Faulting
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
AlterationLimonitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1923
Identification
Deposit ID10087114
MRDS IDD005160
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.73275, -113.23636
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, 102 P.BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.MACKIN, J. HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER D., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-12951947 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 40761947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL SOC. GUIDEBOOK #21954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-141967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-12951976 RECON BULLOCK, UGMS BULLETIN 88STEGEN, R.J., 1979 UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATIONS