The Twin Peaks Prospect is a iron mine located in Millard county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Twin Peaks Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Twin Peaks Prospect
Secondary: Black Diamond
Secondary: Black Crystal
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Twin Peaks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1970 CHEM. ANALYSIS: 60.7 % FE, 3.8 % SILICA, 0.013 % S, 0.019 % P, 0.15 % MN
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Martite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; MINE IS WITHIN 0.5 MILE RADIUS OF GIVEN LOCATION.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF A 200 FT INCLINE SHAFT
Comment (Geology): THE TWIN PEAKS ARE COMPOSED OF QUARTZ LATITE AND RHYOLITE VOLCANIC ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: FISSURE FILLING WITH SOME REPLACEMENT, CONTROLLED BY A FAULT AND FISSURES IN VOLCANIC ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 110 , P. 70
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971
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