Description
Us Bureau Of Mines
Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFracturing, Faulting, Favorable Limestone Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Homestake Limestone Member Of Carmel Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · The Three Peaks Pluton
StructureSevier Thrust System, The Three Peaks Intrusion
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1945
Identification
Deposit ID10094368
MRDS IDD005931
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.75525, -113.21191
References
YOUNG, W E, 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 PMACKIN, J HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRONS SPRINGS DIST UTAH GEOL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO 2, 62 PBLANK, H RICHARD AND MACKIN, J HOOVER, 1967, GEOL INTERPRETATION OF AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 516-B, 14 PBULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-631947 DIREXPL YOUNG, US 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, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR