The North Fork Prospect is a iron mine located in Millard county, Utah.
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North Fork Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Fork Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Pavant Range Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Unknown: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BULLDOZER CUTS HAVE EXPOSED LIMONITE OUTCROPPINGS DISCONTINUOUSLY FOR MORE THAN 200'. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF GOSSAN ORE ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS PROPERTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 88
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