The Little Oak Creek Prospects is a iron mine located in Juab county, Utah.
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Little Oak Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Oak Creek Prospects
Secondary: Iron Crown
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Canyon Range
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Basin And Range Block Faulting Has Outlined The Eastern Mountain Front Of The Canyon Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1970 CHEM. ANALYSIS OF LIMONITE ORE CONTAINS 45.5 % FE, 8.0 % SILICA, 0.01 % S, 0.04 % P, 0.04 % MN
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Production): "EARLY DAY" PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30 FT LONG OPEN CUT AND A 30 FT ADIT.
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, THE MINE IS WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS OF THE GIVEN LOCATION.
Comment (Deposit): TWO OUTCROPS 600 FT APART.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 63
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971
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