Iron Blossom Ore Run

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179659
MAS/MILS ID 0490490033
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Blossom Ore Run

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.09549, 39.93935 (WGS84)
Elevation 2199
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 010 S 002 W 20 NENWSW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Geocronite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hemimorphite Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Ajax Dolomite and Opex Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 50E
    Thickness 60M
    Length 2400M
    Width 120M
    Area 160HA
    Depth to top 120M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N05W:50E
    Minimum Depth to Top 25
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 160
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax, Inc.
    Interest 20
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sioux Consolidated
    Interest 10
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eureka Standard Mining
    Interest 50
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Yankee Consolidated
    Interest 10
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Empire Mines Co.
    Interest 10
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24000M
    Overall depth 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 10
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 340
    Number of Adits 15
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    3rd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI

  • Deposit

    HE TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS PRO. PAPER 107, P. 234-245

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNT

  • Deposit

    TAH IN GEOLOGY OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    TIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOL. GUIDEBOOK TO GEOL

  • Deposit

    UTAH, NO. 12, P. 1-56

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.