The North Fork Prospect is a iron mine located in Millard county, Utah.
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North Fork Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Fork Prospect
Secondary: King and Pinto Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Pavant Range
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
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: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1970 CHEM. ANALYSIS: 51.2 % FE, 4.8 % SILICA, 0.23 % S, 0.24 % P, AND 0.02 % MN
Materials
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS MOSTLY HARD AND SPONGY WITH SOME OCHER.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION
Comment (Deposit): NO RECENT ASSESSMENT DONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 110 , P. 70
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971
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