The Knight Investment Co. West Group is a iron mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,660 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,660 Feet (2,030 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.97639, -112.14778
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Knight Investment Co. West Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Knight Investment Co. West Group
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: N. Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Red Hill Fault And Tintic Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): JASPEROID PRESENT
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS AND FOUR PROSPECTS: LOWER TUNNEL IS AN OPEN CUT 10 FT LONG, UPPER TUNNEL IS APPROXIMATELY 300 FT LONG AND INACCESSIBLE, NE PROSPECT IS 25 FT DEEP SHAFT, NW PROSPECT IS 60 FT DEEP SHAFT, SE PROSPECT IS SMALL PIT, SW PROSPECT IS 100 FT LONG COLLAPSED ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H. T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGEL, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D. R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA 107.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B. T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H. T., BULL. 1142-
Reference (Production): MORRIS, H. T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.
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