The Iron Mountain Mines is a iron mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 37.6419, -113.37060
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Iron Mountain Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mountain Mines
Secondary: Excelsior
Secondary: Chesapeake
Secondary: Tip Top
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Pinto
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Geneva Steel Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: P. O. Box 2500, Provo, Ut 84603
Info Year: 1990
Production
Year: 1989
Description: 310000 Mt Direct-Ship Iron Ore
Year: 1988
Description: 294000 Mt Direct-Ship Iron Ore
Year: 1987
Description: 108000 Mt Direct-Ship Iron Ore
Year: 1986
Description: 7700 Mt Direct-Ship Iron Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Sizing
Year First Production: 1986
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE WAS FROM 3 SMALL HIGH-GRADE MAGNETITE IRON ORE DEPOSITS (CHESAPEAKE, EXCELSIOR, & TIP TOP) LOCATED NEAR THE TOP OF IRON MOUNTAIN.
Comment (Deposit): MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN EARLY 1992 - ORE RESERVE DEPLETED. IRON MTN MINE CONSISTS OF 3 DEPOSITS: CHESAPEAKE ORE BODY: DESCRIBED AS A FISSURE VEIN DEPOSIT IN QTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY ON EAST SLOPE OF IRON MTN. THE MAIN VEIN CAN BE TRACED FOR 640 M. TWO VEINS ARE PRESENT FOR MORE THAN 1/2 THE STRIKE DISTANCE AND HAVE BEEN CUT BY 2 NW- TRENDING FAULTS. VEINS VARY FROM ABOUT 0.61 - 3 M IN WIDTH, WITH AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 1.2 M. EXCELSIOR ORE BODY: ALSO LOCATED HIGH ON EAST SIDE OF IRON MT. ORE BODY IS FISSURE VEIN 300 M LONG, 0.61 - 6.1 M WIDE. IT IS CUT BY 3 NE-TRENDING FAULTS, WHICH OFFSET THE VEIN. TIP TOP: FISSURE VEIN IN QTZ MONZONITE POR- PHYRY LOCATED NEAR TOP OF IRON MT. VEIN IS ABOUT 240 M LONG AND 0.61 TO 9.1 M WIDE. (SEE IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY BULLOCK, K. C. UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 88, DEC. 1970, PP. 44, 48, & 54.)
Comment (Production): MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN EARLY 1992 - ORE RESERVE DEPLETED.
References
Reference (Geology): MIN. SURVEY BULL. 88, DEC. 1970, 102 PP.
Reference (Geology): BULLOCK, KENNETH C. IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH. UTAH GEOL. &
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