The Wild Mountain Prospects is a iron mine located in Uintah county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Wild Mountain Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wild Mountain Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Wild Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
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: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1970 CHEM ANALYSIS: 29.9 % FE, 47.2 % SILICA, 0.06 % S, 0.02 % P, 0.06 % MN
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW PITS AND BULLDOZER CUTS.
Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONE OVERLIES THE CAMBRIAN LADORE FM.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K C, 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88, P. 80
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