Mine detail: Ferry Iron Mine

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Location: Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.55523, -110.95076
dep_id: 10015170
mrds_id: DB00345
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Faulting And Brecciation
Reporter: Mccarthy, Blair M.
hrock_unit: Deseret Limestone;Madison Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: South Flank Uinta Fault, Faulting
tectonic: Uplifted Sedimentary Basin
Year first produced: 1880
disc_yr: 1879
References:
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 88 , (UPDATED 1976 ) P. 8
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