| Deposit ID | 10011172 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005472 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blowout Mine |
| Related records | 10252404, 10275566 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.38136, 37.6172 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1978 |
| Relative position | 7,700 FEET EAST OF UTAH 56-IRONTON ROAD INTERSECTION |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 037S | 014W | 01 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IRON 54% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Iron Mtn. Pluton | ||||||
| Rock description | Iron Mtn. Pluton | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -113.38136, 37.6172 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Calumet Fault Zone, Iron Springs Thrust, Iron Mtn Intrusion |
| General form | TABULAR-IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEG E |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 243.84M |
| Length | 259.08M |
| Width | 121.92M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Year of first production | 1947 |
| District name | Pinto Iron |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah International, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. F. And I. Steel Corp. |
| Year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1947 - 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 40.47HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005472 |
YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102P.
MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST,; UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62P.
BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P23-63.
1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 4076
1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 2
1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BLOWOUT ORE BODY IS LOCATED ALONG THE CALUMET FAULT ZONE, TRAVERSING THE SOUTH SIDE OF IRON MTN. AND THE IRON SPRINGS GAP THRUST FAULT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Stegan, Ralph J. | Bureau of Land Management |
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