The Cove Mountain Deposits is a iron mine located in Washington county, Utah.
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Cove Mountain Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cove Mountain Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Bull Valley District
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS, FILLINGS, AND REPLACEMENT
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NON COMMERCIAL ORE. CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN 44.7 % FE, 31.6 % SILICA, 0.39 % S, 0.05 % P, 0.18 % MN
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY INCLUDES THE IRON ROD GROUP OF CLAIMS AND GREGERSON CLAIM.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HIGH STRIPPING RATIO MAKING MINING UNECONOMICAL.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS BANDED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 598 FT OF TRENCHES, BULLDOZER CUTS, AND DRILL HOLES BY THE U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. OLD MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Geology): THE RENCHER FM IS 500 FT THICK, COMPOSED OF WHITE TO PINKISH QUARTZ LATITE TUFF. IT IS OVERLAIN BY COVE MOUNTAIN FM.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-30-1971
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, KC ( 1970 )
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 89 - 91
Reference (Deposit): ZOLDOK, S. W. AND WILSON, S. R., 1953 , BULL VALLEY IRON ORE DEPOSIT: USBM REPT INV. 4948 , P. 17
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