The Hodge's Canyon is a iron mine located in Rich county, Utah at an elevation of 7,119 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,119 Feet (2,170 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 41.91667, -111.44972
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Hodge's Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hodge's Canyon
Secondary: Lead Hill
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Rich
District: Bear Lake 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Bear River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Willard And Woodruff Thrusts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VERTICAL VEINS STRIKE N30E TO N AND N25 TO 60W.
Comment (Workings): THE TUNNEL DISCUSSED BY CHAPELLE, 1976 WAS NOT LOCATED, ONLY FOUR OF THE PROSPECT PITS WERE FOUND.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): CHAPELLE, J C, 1976, MINERALIZATION IN THE BEAR RIVER RANGE, UTAH-IDAHO: M S THESIS, UTAH STATE.
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVEST: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CHAPELLE, J C, 1976.
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