The Soft Iron Group is a mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 5,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.42806, -113.78361
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Soft Iron Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Soft Iron Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Goldstrike
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Jay R. Johnson
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Basin & Mountains-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD-LIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN #88 P. 94-95
Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERALOGICAL SURVE
Reference (Production): L.I. PERRY, 1979
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