| Deposit ID | 10011179 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005482 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | New Arrowhead Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Arrowhead Mine |
| Related records | 10226907 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.81582, 38.12607 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2310 |
| Relative position | 2100 METERS SSW OF PINTO SPRINGS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pinto Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 031S | 018W | 12 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Limestone Undiff/Quartzites;Pogonip Formation |
| Rock description | Limestone Undiff/Quartzites;Pogonip Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -113.81582, 38.12607 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Folding & Thrusting-Laramide Basement Caped By Tert Flows |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Western Rim Of A Large Caldera? Local Faults Trending N 20 Deg W |
| General form | IRREGULAR LENS-SHAPED |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 1524M |
| Width | 121.92M |
| Depth to top | 30.48M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1940 |
| Year of first production | 1941 |
| District name | Washington/Indian Peak |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | New Arrowhead Mining Co |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fife Brothers |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.009HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005482 |
GRANT, S.K., & NACKOWSKI, M.P., 1961, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN PEAK FLUORSPAR DISTRICT
PERRY, L.I., AND MCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UGMS OPEN FILE RPT #22.
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE US, PT 2 UTAH: USGS BULL. #1135-B, 104P.
1963 RECON A.V. HEYL
1976 RECON UGMS OPEN FILE RPT #22
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLOSED IN 1946 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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