North Keg Mountain Prospect

The North Keg Mountain Prospect is a iron mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,259 feet.

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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: North Keg Mountain Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 39.8325, -112.92361

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North Keg Mountain Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: North Keg Mountain Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Iron


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Keg Mountain Area


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Prospect Lies Within The Holdings Of Robert And Terry Steele


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Keg Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault, Nearly Flat Lying


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF GOSSAN YIELDED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: 17 PPB AU, 1.1 PPM SB, 4 PPM AS, <100 PPM BA, <50 PPM CR, 16 PPM CO, 74.3 % FE, 12 PPM MO, 52 PPM NI, 13 PPM AG, <2 PPM W, 21.0 PPM U, <200 PPM ZN, 55 PPM CU, 170 PPM PB, <1 PPM BI.


Materials

Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SMALL PIT.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF GOSSAN THAT REPLACED LIMESTONE IMMEDIATELY BENEATH A THRUST FAULT. NO PRIMARY MINERALS REMAIN., BUT ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT THE GOSSAN IS FE-RICH AND NOT ANOMALOUS IN BASE OR PRECIOUS METALS.

Comment (Geology): NEAREST EXPOSURE OF GRANODIORITE IS 2000 FEET SW OF PROSPECT

Comment (Commodity): ANALYSIS OF GOSSAN SHOWED LITTLE MORE THAN FE PRESENT.


References

Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.


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