The Spring Creek Prospects is a iron mine located in Daggett county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.99806, -109.39861
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Spring Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Creek Prospects
Secondary: Antelope Flat Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Daggett
District: Antelope Flat Area
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: Forest Service
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES AND NODULES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 23% FE
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): POORLY EXPOSED IN UTAH; MOSTLY COVERED BY RUBBLE FROM ERICSON FM; DATA ABOVE TAKEN AT SPRING CREEK GAP, WYOMING 1 1/2 MILES TO THE WEST; LIMONITE FLOAT NOTED IN UTAH
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS IN UTAH
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 "IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH", UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66, 116 P.
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH-COLO-WYO: USGS PROF PAPER 490, 196 P
Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP HANSEN, W.R., PROF. PAPER 490
Reference (Deposit): RECON UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 88
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B.T., 1980, GEOLOGIST UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING H.H., 1980, 1980, GEOLOGIST UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.
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