Dragon Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Silver, Talc-Soapstone, Clay, Gold, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020813
MRDS ID DC14037
Record type Site
Current site name Dragon Mine
Alternate or previous names International S. & R. Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10496, 39.91745 (WGS84)
Elevation 2078
Relative position ONE MILE S-SW OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI E OF SILVER CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silver Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Clay Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON ORE IS MASSIVE COMPACT TO SPONGY BOTRYOIDAL MASSES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Halloysite Ore
Limonite Ore
Turgite Ore
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication Of Limestone Near Contact Metamorphosed Zone.

Analytical data

Result CHEM. ANALYSIS ( 1970 ): 56 % FE, 4.5 % SILICA, 0.2 % S, 0.45 % P, 0.16 % MN. AVERAGE GRADE 1916 - 1958 : 0.8 OZ AU, 3.4 OZ AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10496, 39.91745

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike Se Dip 20 E

Ore body information

  • General form HALLOYSITE - IRREGULAR PIPES
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 80 - 85 ESE
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M
  • General form HALLOYSITE - IRREGULAR PIPES
    Dip 80 - 85 ESE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Comments on the production information

  • IRON WAS MINED FROM 1897 - 1930 . HALLOYSITE IS MINED FROM 1931 TO PRESENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT IS 300 FT DEEP. A VERTICAL SHAFT 1,065 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS AND DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , P. 94 - 96 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    TOWERS, GW AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MIN IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN REPT, PT 3 - F, P. 766

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 245 - 246

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GMS BULL. 88 , P. 66 - 67 .

  • Deposit

    5) MORRIS, H. T., 1964 , GEOL. OF THE EUREKA QUAD.: USGS BULL. 1142 - K, P. 28 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    6) PATTERSON, S. H., 1964 , CLAYS - MINERAL & WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GMS BULL. 73 , P. 158 .

  • Deposit

    7) USGS PROF. PAPER 361 , P. 52

  • Deposit

    8) USGS MIN. RES. 1916 - 63 .

  • Production

    UGMS BULL 73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references