The Iron Claims is a iron mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.11528, -113.90194
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Iron Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Claims
Secondary: Iron Blowout
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SPOTTY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: 41.4 % FE, 24.2 % SIO2 , 0.01 % S, 0.015 % P, 0.29 % MN
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE RANGES FROM HARD SILICEOUS TO SOFT FRIABLE VARIETIES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LESS THAN 200 TONS
Comment (Workings): 60 FT TEST PIT
Comment (Location): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK,K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 88, P. 75.
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CK MTNS, TOOELE & JUAB CO, UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER. SURV. BULL 99 , P. 23
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971
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