Mine detail: Consolidated Lela Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.50022, -112.67914

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1937

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Ophir Group;Pioche Shale
Host type:Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure:Deseret Anticline
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSDC12136
DEP10094815
Reference{Deposit:: ALMQUIST, CARL, AND KNESS, RICHARD, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER, COLORADO.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P. 77.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY.}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: 1980 RECON USBM-DENVER, COLORADO}{Production:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 88, P. 77.}
ReporterMessenger, Harold M. III, Unknown