The Iron Blossom Mine is a iron mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.60861, -113.07861
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Iron Blossom Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Blossom Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Detroit District
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Copperhead Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1958-1959
Description: Cp_Grade: ^52% Feo
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1958
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Drum Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1971: AG = .6 PPM, AU = .05 PPM, CU = 11 PPM, MO LT 1 PPM, PB 9 PPM, ZN 20
Analytical Data: 1970 ASSAY: FE = 58.2%, SIO2 = 5.2%, S = 0.11%, P = 0.07%, MN = 0.10%
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE VARIES FROM MASSIVE TO SPONGY TO OCHEROUS VARIETIES.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Production): 50 TONS OF ORE ARE STOCKPILED ON THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODY LIES ALONG A NORTHEAST TRENDING FAULT.
Comment (Workings): 50 FT. DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION.
Reference (Deposit): NEWELL, R.A., 1971, GEOLOGY & GEOCHEM. OF THE NORTHERN DRUM MTNS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: COLOR. SCHOOL OF MINES, MS-THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-117
Reference (Production): NEWELL, 1971, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF NORTHERN DRUM MTNS.: COL. SCH. OF MINES MS THESIS
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