The Widemouth Canyon Prospect is a iron mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 5,889 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,889 Feet (1,795 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.7275, -112.53000
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Widemouth Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Widemouth Canyon Prospect
Secondary: Iron Jack
Secondary: Bullawana
Secondary: Elephant
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Pavant Range
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: GOSSAN CAPPING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): WIDEMOUTH CANYON
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND A FEW PROSPECT HOLES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 70
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971
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