The King Iron Prospect is a iron mine located in Beaver county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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King Iron Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Iron Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Southern Wah Wah Mountains Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THIS ORE BODY HAS A POTENTIAL OF ABOUT 1,000 TONS
Comment (Deposit): ONE LARGE OUTCROP OF IRON ORE MEASURES 40 FEET LONG AND UP TO 12 FEET WIDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): NACKOWSKI, M. P., AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1959 , UTAH ENG. AND EXP. STATION BULL. 101 .
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 88 .
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