Arrowhead Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012124
MRDS ID D007534
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowhead Mine
Alternate or previous names White Lead #1
Related records 10227154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26801, 39.58801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position MINE IS LABELED ON MAP IN BROAD CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynndyl East(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 004W 23 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Limestone, Dolomite
    Rock description Limestone, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26801, 39.58801

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults That Trend N10e And Dip 65 Deg Nw

Ore body information

  • General form POD-LIKE
    Strike N20E
    Dip 25SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Concentrated Along Bedding Planes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer Hy Fields, (Nielson Family)
Year of first production 1935

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank And Glen Lowder

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 UPPER ADITS THAT FOLLOWS ORE DOWN DIP FOR 50-80 FT. A LOWER TUNNEL WAS APPARENTLY DRIVEN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS TO INTERSECT ORE. THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FOOLISH, AS THE ORE DIPS STEEPLY AWAY FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

  • Deposit

    LOCAL LEAMINGTON & NEPHI RESIDENSE

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE BARITE THAT OCCURS IN ISOLATED POCKETS & VEINS THAT FOLLOW THE DIP OF THE BEDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 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