The Blowout Mine is a iron mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,490 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,490 Feet (1,978 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 37.61722, -113.38056
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Blowout Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blowout Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Pinto Iron
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: C. F. And I. Steel Corp.
Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.
Production
Year: 1968
Time Period: 1947 - 1968
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR-IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sevier Thrust System
Type: L
Description: Calumet Fault Zone, Iron Springs Thrust, Iron Mtn Intrusion
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IRON 54%
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): THE MAGNETITE IS HARD AND MASSIVE.
Comment (Deposit): BLOWOUT ORE BODY IS LOCATED ALONG THE CALUMET FAULT ZONE, TRAVERSING THE SOUTH SIDE OF IRON MTN. AND THE IRON SPRINGS GAP THRUST FAULT.
Comment (Geology): THE BLOWOUT ORE BODY IS A BRECCIA PIPE REPLACEMENT ALONG THE FAULTED IRON SPRINGS GAP THRUST WHICH LIES MOSTLY IN QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): PIT-BENCH MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102P.
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST,; UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62P.
Reference (Deposit): BLANK, H. RICHARD AND MACKIN, J.HOOVER, 1967, GEOL. INTERPRETATION OF AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE IRON SPRINGS DIST., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 516-B, 14P.
Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88
Reference (Production): STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P23-63.
Reference (Deposit): 1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 4076
Reference (Deposit): 1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 2
Reference (Deposit): 1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14
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