| Deposit ID | 10103863 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058553 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dragon Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Filtrol Halloysite Mine, Dragon Consolidated Mine, Dragon Iron |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.10496, 39.91745 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2118 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE DUE SOUTH OF MAMMOTH PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 31 | SE OF NW OF NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Halloysite | Ore |
| Gibbsite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Silver City Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Silver City Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Ajax Dolomite |
| Rock description | Ajax Dolomite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | -112.10496, 39.91745 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast Structures |
| General form | POD |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 91.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | Filtrol Corporation |
| Year of last production | 1974 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield), Dragon Consolidated Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Overall length | 1524M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058553 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 19198 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
KILDALE, M.B., AND THOMAS, R.C., 1957, A HALLOYSITE DEPOSIT AT DRAGONMINE, IN GEOLOGY OF OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 127.
MILLER, J.D. 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAGON MINE HALLOYSITE DEPOSIT. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1964, CLAY MINERALS IN UTAH, BY J.W. VAN SANT, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8216.
MORRIS, H.T., 1968, MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, VOL. II, PAGE 106.
PRIVATE REPORT BY CENTENNIAL DEVELOPMENT CO
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DESCRIBED BY J. DAVID MILLER THESIS, ENDELLITE IS PRIMARY MINERAL, WHICH DEHYDRATES TO HALLOYSITE |
| Deposit | PRODUCT HAD HIGH VALUE FOR CATALYTIC CRACKING OF OIL. GIBBSITE IN ORE SUGGESTS ADVANCED ARGILLIC ENVIRONMENT, AS DOES PROXIMITY TO ENARGITE-QUARTZ LODES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1940S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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