The Farm Creek Prospects is a mine located in Duchesne county, Utah at an elevation of 8,579 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,579 Feet (2,615 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.61194, -110.00250
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Farm Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Farm Creek Prospects
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Duchesne
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: Utah Iron Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODLIKE TO TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC 33
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS AS OUTCROPPINGS ON HILLSIDE ABOVE A THICK LIMESTONE UNIT. HAS A SOME WHAT GOSSAN LIKE CHARACTER
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW TEST CUTS. SOME UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT BUT IF SO THEY ARE NOW COVERED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS SMALL PITS IN THE AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88 , 101 P
Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 8
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970
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