Cove Mountain Deposits

The Cove Mountain Deposits is a iron mine located in Washington county, Utah.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cove Mountain Deposits

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Bull Valley District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEINLETS, FILLINGS, AND REPLACEMENT

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NON COMMERCIAL ORE. CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN 44.7 % FE, 31.6 % SILICA, 0.39 % S, 0.05 % P, 0.18 % MN

Materials

Ore: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): PROPERTY INCLUDES THE IRON ROD GROUP OF CLAIMS AND GREGERSON CLAIM.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HIGH STRIPPING RATIO MAKING MINING UNECONOMICAL.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS BANDED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 598 FT OF TRENCHES, BULLDOZER CUTS, AND DRILL HOLES BY THE U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. OLD MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SHORT ADITS.

Comment (Geology): THE RENCHER FM IS 500 FT THICK, COMPOSED OF WHITE TO PINKISH QUARTZ LATITE TUFF. IT IS OVERLAIN BY COVE MOUNTAIN FM.

References

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-30-1971

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, KC ( 1970 )

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 89 - 91

Reference (Deposit): ZOLDOK, S. W. AND WILSON, S. R., 1953 , BULL VALLEY IRON ORE DEPOSIT: USBM REPT INV. 4948 , P. 17

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