The Day and Peterson Claims is a iron mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 10,200 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
Elevation: 10,200 Feet (3,109 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.54917, -109.24417
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Day and Peterson Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Day and Peterson Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Miners Basin District/N. La Sal Mtns.
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ORE ( 1970 ): 48.2 % FE, 20.2 % SILICA, 0.47 % S, 0.05 % P, 0.01 % MN
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHORT ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 88 , P. 23
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