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Blaine Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055163
MRDS ID RE00197
Record type Site
Current site name Blaine Mine
Alternate or previous names Ida, Desert View Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.71359, 39.90716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1948
Relative position WEST SIDE OF BLAINE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 8W 35 S Utah

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 12-TON SAMPLE TAKEN IN WINZE 30 FT. BELOW TUNNEL (UPPER) LEVEL, IN WINZE: 15 PERCENT ZN
Result 13 PERCENT PB
Result 4 OZ AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
    Rock description Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.71359, 39.90716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 10 W, 42 Sw Reverse Faults Of Small Net Slip Explored By Lower Tunnel.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Thickness 1.83M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 75 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shaly Bed-Fracture Intersections In N 65-70 W Fissures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MIDDLE BLAINE TUNNEL IS AT THE APPROX. BOUNDARY BETWEEN OXIDIZED AND UNOXIDIZED ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Erickson District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Mining And Dev. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Noranda Exploration, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • 100 TONS OF CERUSSITE SHIPPED TO HOT SPRINGS SMELTER , NORTH OF ABRAHAM, MILLARD CO., IN 1080'S; JOINT PRODUCTION WITH TINTIC DISTRICT DELAWARE MINE, 52 TONS, ZN-PB ORE, 1945; JOINT PROD. WITH BLACK JACK GROUP, 99 TONS PB-ZN ORE, 1953.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE MAJOR TUNNELS, UPPER, MIDDLE, AND LOWER, WITH ASSOC. DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, SHORT ADITS, SHAFTS, AND PITS. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE MIDDLE TUNNEL. THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTAL APPROX. 2500 FT (THIS WAS THE TOTAL IN 1950).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COHONOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 63.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 453-454.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1950, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.37 F5> U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953. F6>BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILE 233184, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

  • Production

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL N 65-70 W FISSURE IS DEVELOPED MOSTLY THROUGH MIDDLE TUNNEL THAT IS ON THE FISSURE, A SHORT UPPER TUNNEL THAT CROSSCUTS THE FISSURE AND ASSOC. DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, THE FISSURE AND ASSOC. DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, SHAFTS, AND PITS. THE MIDDLE TUNNEL EXPLORED ORE SHOOTS VARYING IN WIDTH FROM 14 IN. TO 10 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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