The Iron Cap Mine is a mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 7,054 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,054 Feet (2,150 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.5333, -112.21830
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Iron Cap Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Cap Mine
Secondary: Iron Peaks Mine
Secondary: Krotki Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Henry Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Parker, Andrew
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Joseph,Utah 84739
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Altaite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TONNAGE ESTIMATED BY K C BULLOCK
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN
Reference (Deposit): UTAH. UTAH GEOL. + MINERAL SURVEY BULL 102. P 52-6.
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE
Reference (Deposit): SURVEY BULL 88, P 72-74.
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. + R. PARKER, 1961, GEOL. MONROE QUAD. USGS MAP
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