The Deadman Gulch Prospects is a iron mine located in Cache county, Utah at an elevation of 8,360 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,360 Feet (2,548 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 41.93889, -111.50694
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Deadman Gulch Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deadman Gulch Prospects
Secondary: Red Bluff
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Cache
District: Swan Creek District
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
Owner Name: Riles And Lemoille Harris
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bear River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paris - Willard Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 50% FE
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BLOOMINGTON FM. CONSISTS OF 1500 FT. OF GREY, MASSIVE, THIN BEDDED LIMESTONE SOME SANDS, ARGILLACEOUS BEDS AND A SHALE MEMBER AT THE BASE OF THE FORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): HEMATITE IS BLUE - BLACK TO RED AND IS RELATIVELY HARD. THE MAGNEITE IS BLACK, MASSIVE AND HIGH GRADE ORE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO FIGURES AVAILABLE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): NO MEASUREMENTS AS TO SIZE OF DEPOSIT
Comment (Workings): FOUR BULL DOZER CUTS IN AREA OF REDDISH STAINED LIMESTONE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE BLOOMINGTON FM CONSIST OF 1500 FT. OF GRAY, MASSIVE, THIN BEDDED LIMESTONE, SOME SANDY ARGILLACEOUS BEDS AND A SHALE MEMBER AT THE BASE OF THE FORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C. 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY BULL. 88
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 8
Reference (Production): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 88.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR., BULL. 88.
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