Utah · Iron County
Producer

Comstock/Mountain Lion

Iron County, Utah, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Calcite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1970
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10299835
MRDS IDD005354
Alternate namesMountain Lion MineMountain Lion, Comstock
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.64827, -113.3597
References
BULLOCK, K.C. IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH. UTAH GEOLOGICAL ANDMINERAL SURVEY (AFFILIATED WITH THE COLLEGE OF MINES ANDMINERAL INDUSTRIES), UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH. BULL. 88, DEC. 1970, 102 PP.CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK.STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. USBM CONTRACT J0255026. REV. ED.,JUNE 1979, 374 PP.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. UTAH'S IRON SPRINGS DISTRICTIS A MAJOR WESTERN RESOURCE. NOV. 1974, PP. 152-153.ERSPAMER, T.R. MAGNETIC BENEFICIATION UTAH IRON ORES.SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, APRIL 25, 1964, P. 35.GRANGER, A.E. CONSULTING GEOLOGIST. THE IRON PROVINCE OFSOUTHWESTERN UTAH. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWEST-ERN UTAH, INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEO-LOGISTS. TWELFTH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE,SALT LAKE CITY,1963, PP. 146-150.MACKIN, J.H. IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT,SOUTHWESTERN, UTAH. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,1933-1967, GRATON-SALES EDITION, VOL. 1, 1968, PP. 992.MACVICHIE, D. IRON FIELDS OF THE IRON SPRINGS AND PINTOMINING DISTRICTS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH. TRANSACTIONS OF THEAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS,VOL. 74, 1927, PP. 163-173.MACKIN, J.H. SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS INTHE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OFUTAH, NO. 2. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY REPRINT98, 1974, 62 PP.MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES. USBM (WITH RESOURCE INFORMA-TION BY THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFTHE INTERIOR), 1981, P. 76.U.S. MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. I, 1976, PP. 647-652.U.S. MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. II, 1976, PP. 745-758.U.S. MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. II, 1978-79, PP. 519-527.PARK JR.,C.F. AND MACDIARMID. ORE DEPOSITS, THIRD EDI-TION, 1966, PP. 280-286.USBM PRODUCTION STATISTICS: IRON ORE, UTAH, MOUNTAIN LIONMINE, REPORT 1, 1973 THROUGH REPORT 1, 1979.YOUNG, W.E. IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH. USBM RI 4076,1947, 102 PP.HAWES, BILL. GENEVA MAKES OLD USX OPERATIONS PROFITABLE.PAY DIRT MAGAZINE (ROCKY MOUTAIN EDITION), DEC. 1992, PP.4A-6A.