Prospect and Stope, Iron Blossom

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042199
MRDS ID M058583
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect and Stope, Iron Blossom
Alternate or previous names Caved Area Above Stope

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09635, 39.93856 (WGS84)
Elevation 2214
Relative position 2200 FT S68E OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 29 NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SMALL HILLTOP ON COUNTY LINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization - Reportedly Pre-Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite;Silver City Stock
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite;Silver City Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ajax Dolomite and Opex Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sioux Ajax Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Minor Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED AREA ABOVE STOPE

Comments on development

  • WORKED FROM SHAFT NEARBY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARTICLE BY ALMOND AND MORRIS DESCRIBES THIS SITE (1951) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit DEPOSIT LAY BENEATH VOLCANIC CAP HERE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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