The Diamond Fork Iron Prospect is a iron mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,230 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,230 Feet (1,899 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.06722, -111.48028
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Diamond Fork Iron Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diamond Fork Iron Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Diamond Fork Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ilyn D. Garrick
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Little Diamond Creek Fault; On West Limb Of Wanrhodes Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MN, 903%
Analytical Data: P, 1.98%
Analytical Data: S, .10%
Analytical Data: S:02, 19.4%
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES FE, 44.8%
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHALLOW GOSSAN
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS VISIBLE, IRON STAINED ALLUVIUM.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, P. 81.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP I-931.
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, G., 1976, GEOLOGY OF BILLIES MTN. QUADRANGLE, UTAH CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES, VOL. 23, PT. 1, P. 205-2809
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON MINES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 88, P. 80-81.
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