Skull Valley Indian Reservation Prospects

The Skull Valley Indian Reservation Prospects is a iron mine located in Tooele county, Utah.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Skull Valley Indian Reservation Prospects  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation:

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 40.45528, -112.64167

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Skull Valley Indian Reservation Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Skull Valley Indian Reservation Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Iron


Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Third Term District


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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: SCATTERED


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: 46.4 % FE, 29.8 % SILICA, 0.5 % S, 0.09 % P, 0.01 % MN


Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HIGH SILICA, LOW GRADE ORE

Comment (Deposit): ALONG STANSBURY FAULT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LESS THAN A FEW THOUSAND TONS


References

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEP. OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV BULL 88 , P. 77


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