The Krotki Iron Deposit is a iron mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 7,139 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,139 Feet (2,176 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.53278, -112.21889
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Krotki Iron Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Krotki Iron Deposit
Secondary: Iron Peaks
Secondary: Iron Cap
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Henry District
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Iron Peaks Consists From Top To Bottom: 250 Ft Of Silicified Pyroxene Andesite, And 700 - 800 Ft. Of Volcanic Tuff.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Tuff Has Been Affected By Argillic Alteration.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1970 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF STALACTITIC MASSIVE ORE: 57.7 % FE, 4.77 % SILICA, 0.08 % S, 0.024 % P, 1.27 % MN. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF OCHEROUS ORE: 51.2 % FE, 1.6 % SILICA, 0.04 % S, 0.028 % P, 1.48 % MN.
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIAL OF A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF OCHEROUS TYPE ORE.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY IS OWNED BY RONALD AND GARFIELD JAMES IN 1970 .
Comment (Deposit): THE LOWER ORE BODY IS COMPOSED OF YELLOW AND REDDISH LAYERS OF OCHEROUS LIMONITE AND HEMATITE, AND LAYERS OF BLACK MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS NEAR THE SUMMIT CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND ONE LONG ADIT. THE LOWER WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, A SHORT ADIT AND AN OPEN FACE CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 88 , P. 72 - 75 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND PARKER, R. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE MONROE QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ-155 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 52 - 56 .
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 , P. 546 .
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