Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlThrust Fault
Materials
Other materialsGoethite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Prospect Mountain Quartzite;Undivided Middle Cambrian Limestone;
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite Porphyry;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host);
StructureDeep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Thrust Fault, Nearly Flat Lying
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088985
MRDS IDRE00194
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.83244, -112.92442
References
SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.