The New Arrowhead Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 7,579 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,579 Feet (2,310 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.12611, -113.81500
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New Arrowhead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Arrowhead Mine
Secondary: Arrowhead Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Washington/Indian Peak
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fife Brothers
Owner Name: New Arrowhead Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENS-SHAPED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Folding & Thrusting-Laramide Basement Caped By Tert Flows
Type: L
Description: Western Rim Of A Large Caldera? Local Faults Trending N 20 Deg W
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLOSED IN 1946
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, PITS
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANT, S.K., & NACKOWSKI, M.P., 1961, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN PEAK FLUORSPAR DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., AND MCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UGMS OPEN FILE RPT #22.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE US, PT 2 UTAH: USGS BULL. #1135-B, 104P.
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON A.V. HEYL
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UGMS OPEN FILE RPT #22
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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