| Deposit ID | 10179659 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490490033 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iron Blossom Ore Run |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.09549, 39.93935 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2199 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(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 | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010 S | 002 W | 20 | NENWSW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Aurichalcite | Unknown |
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Cerargyrite | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Covellite | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Enargite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Geocronite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Hemimorphite | Unknown |
| Jarosite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sericite | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | Ajax Dolomite and Opex Formation |
|---|
| Strike | N05W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 50E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2400M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 160HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amax, Inc. |
| Interest | 20 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sioux Consolidated |
| Interest | 10 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eureka Standard Mining |
| Interest | 50 |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yankee Consolidated |
| Interest | 10 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Empire Mines Co. |
| Interest | 10 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 24000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 150M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490490033 |
LINDGREN, W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI
HE TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS PRO. PAPER 107, P. 234-245
MORRIS, H.T., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNT
TAH IN GEOLOGY OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF
TIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOL. GUIDEBOOK TO GEOL
UTAH, NO. 12, P. 1-56
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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