Blowout Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275566
MRDS ID D005472
MAS/MILS ID 0490210057
Record type Site
Current site name Blowout Mine
Related records 10011172, 10252404

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.3811, 37.61688 (WGS84)
Elevation 1982
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Page Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.3811, 37.61688

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 90W
    Thickness 150M
    Length 260M
    Width 120M
    Area 24HA
    Depth to top 76M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:90W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 24
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1947

Mining district

District name Pinto Iron

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. F. And I. Steel Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office P. O.Box 316, Pueblo, Co 81002
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    Home office P.O. Box 649 Cedar City, Utah 84720
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 24HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .35
    Percent Waste Rock 66.6
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 23
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL 88, P 44.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE ESTIMATED BY K C BULLOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.