The Wasatch Iron and Gold Mining Co. is a iron mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 41.42833, -112.01917
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Wasatch Iron and Gold Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wasatch Iron and Gold Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Willard District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Mineral Fork Fm, Consisting Of Quartzite, Slate And Tillite, Is Thrust Over Cambrian Tintic Quartzite, Ophir Shale And Undifferentiated Cambrian Carbonate Strata
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1969 EDITION
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE TWO MAIN OUTCROPS, ONE AT 5500 FT. AND THE OTHER IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. HIGHER AND ONE-HALF MILE FARTHER EAST.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULLOCK, K. C., IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL 88, DEC. 1970 , P. 17
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK,KC, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88, P.17.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-27-1958
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