Widemouth Canyon Prospect

The Widemouth Canyon Prospect is a iron mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 5,889 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Widemouth Canyon Prospect
Secondary: Iron Jack
Secondary: Bullawana
Secondary: Elephant

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Pavant Range

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: GOSSAN CAPPING

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): WIDEMOUTH CANYON

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND A FEW PROSPECT HOLES.

References

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 70

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971

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