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Iris Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041867
MRDS ID M057735
Record type Site
Current site name Iris Mine
Alternate or previous names Deseret Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32745, 38.41219 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Relative position IN BULLION CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE LAWLER - EKKER, EMERY, BURRO, BIG BEND, EAGLE CITY, AND NORTH WASH. THE UTM COORD. ARE OF BUILDINGS IN SECT. 28 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLAKES OF GOLD 0.5 - 2MM DIAM.

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Leaching And Oxidation.

Analytical data

Result 1976 , THE VEIN AVERAGED 0.013 OZ/TON AU, 4.06 OZ/TON AG, 0.031 % PB, 0.06 % ZN, 0.17 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32745, 38.41219
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 22 W
    Dip 70 - 85 E
    Length 243.84M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Nw Normal Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ohio District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CONSISTED OF SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AT LEAST 500 TONS OF ORE REMAIN IN THE MINE ABOVE THE LOWER LEVEL.

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER MINING.
  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS, 1010 , 130 , AND 195 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 22 , P. 263 & 266 .

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RES. POT. OF PIUTE CO.: UTAH G & MS BULL. 102 , P. 35 - 36 .

  • Production

    PERRY & MCCARTHY, 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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