Knight Investment Co. West Group

The Knight Investment Co. West Group is a iron mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,660 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Knight Investment Co. West Group

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: N. Tintic District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Hingeline

Type: L
Description: Red Hill Fault And Tintic Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): JASPEROID PRESENT

Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS AND FOUR PROSPECTS: LOWER TUNNEL IS AN OPEN CUT 10 FT LONG, UPPER TUNNEL IS APPROXIMATELY 300 FT LONG AND INACCESSIBLE, NE PROSPECT IS 25 FT DEEP SHAFT, NW PROSPECT IS 60 FT DEEP SHAFT, SE PROSPECT IS SMALL PIT, SW PROSPECT IS 100 FT LONG COLLAPSED ADIT.

References

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H. T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGEL, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D. R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA 107.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B. T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H. T., BULL. 1142-

Reference (Production): MORRIS, H. T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.

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