Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFracturing And Favorable Limestone Beds Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite, Magnetite
GangueApatite, Calcite, 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
AlterationLimonitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10101627
MRDS IDD005847
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.7408, -113.19802
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, 62 PMACKIN, J HOOVER, AND ROWLEY, PETER D, 1976, GEOL MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: US GEOL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1973, GEOLOGY AND IRON DEPOSITS OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY UTAH: BRIG YOUNG UNIV GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL 20 PT 1, P 27-63.BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63.1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #21954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-141967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF PAPER 516-B1973 RECON BULLOCK, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 20, PT 11976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, MAP GQ-12951976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88BULLOCK, 1976, UGMS BULLETIN 88