Commodities
PrimaryIron
SecondaryManganese, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeFISSURE VEINS, REPLACEMENT, CONTACT METASOMATISM
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlALONG FAULTS AND PIPELIKE STRUCTURES ADJACENT TO THE QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY
Geology
StructureCORY FAULT, ARMSTRONG FAULT, CLIVE FAULT. THESE FAULTS ARE LOCATED AT THE EDGES OF THE GRANITE MTN INTRUSIVE. THE THREE INLINE INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE BODIES TREND NE.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1874
Discovery year1849
Identification
Deposit ID60000413
MRDS IDDC14817
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates37.61888, -113.3802
References
LEITH, C. K. AND HARDER, E. C., 1908 , IRON ORES OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT: USGS BULL 338 .MACVICHIE, D., 1926 , IRON FIELDS OF IRON SPRINGS AND PINTO MINING DISTRICT: AIME TRANS 74 , P. 163 - 173 .YOUNG, W. E., 1947 , IRON DEPOSITS, IRON CO., UTAH: USBM REPT INV. 4076 .COOK, K. L., 1950 , MAGNETIC SURVEYS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT: USBM REPT. INV. 4586.MACKIN, J. H., 1954 , GEOL AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF GRANITE MTN AREA: USGS MIN. INV. MAP MF - 14.MACKIN, J. H., 1947 , SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK NO. 2.RATTE, C. A., 1963 , ROCK ALTERATION AND ORE GENESIS IN IRON SPRINGS - PINTO MINING DIST.: PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ.BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV BULL 88.BULLOCK, K. C., 1973 , GEOL AND IRON DEP OF IRON SPRINGS DIST: BYU GEOL STUDIES VOL. 20 , PT. 1 , P. 27 - 65.MACKIN, J. H., NELSON, W. H., AND ROWLEY, P. D., 1976 , GEOL MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 1295.MACKIN, J. H. AND ROWLEY, P. D., 1976 , GEOL MAP OF THE THREE PEAKS QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 1297.BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , P. 568 - 580 .