Mine detail: Excellsior Fissure Vein

Location:	Iron County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.64275, -113.35913
dep_id:	10011114
mrds_id:	D005352
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Hematite, Magnetite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
conc_proc:	Igneous-Metamorphic
ore_ctrl:	Fracturing, Faulting
Reporter:	Stegan, Ralph J.
hrock_type:	Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit:	Iron Mtn. Pluton
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Sevier Thrust System, Iron Mtn. Intrusion
tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
References:	Deposit:: YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102 P. Deposit:: MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST.; UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62 P. Deposit:: BLANK, H. RICHARD AND MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1967, GEOL. INTERPRETATION OF AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE IRON SPRINGS DIST., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 516-B, 14 P. Deposit:: BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P 23-63. Deposit:: 1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 4076 Deposit:: 1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 2 Deposit:: 1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14 Deposit:: 1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B Deposit:: 1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88 Production:: STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.