Georgia Mine

Iron County, Utah, United States

Iron

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryIron

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit typeReplacement

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface

Orebody formTABULAR

Ore controlFaulting, Fracturing, Favorable Limestone

Materials

Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite

GangueApatite, Calcite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockLimestone · Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation

Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Granite Mtn. Pluton

StructureSevier Thrust System, Granite Mtn. Intrusion

Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1969

Discovery year1945

Description

U.S. Bureau Of Mines

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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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 516-8, 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 11954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-141967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88

Identification

Deposit ID10087161

MRDS IDD005338

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates37.7258, -113.2558