New Arrowhead Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -113.81582, 38.12607 (WGS84)
Elevation 2310
Relative position 2100 METERS SSW OF PINTO SPRINGS

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 018W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81582, 38.12607

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENS-SHAPED
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 1524M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins In Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Washington/Indian Peak

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Arrowhead Mining Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fife Brothers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.009HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANT, S.K., & NACKOWSKI, M.P., 1961, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN PEAK FLUORSPAR DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., AND MCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UGMS OPEN FILE RPT #22.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE US, PT 2 UTAH: USGS BULL. #1135-B, 104P.

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON A.V. HEYL

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UGMS OPEN FILE RPT #22

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLOSED IN 1946

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references