The Dragon Mine is a iron, silver, talc-soapstone, and clay mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,818 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,818 Feet (2,078 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Silver, Talc-Soapstone, Clay
Lat, Long: 39.9175, -112.10417
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Dragon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dragon Mine
Secondary: International S. & R. Co.
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Silver
Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Primary: Clay
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: HALLOYSITE - IRREGULAR PIPES
Form: HALLOYSITE - IRREGULAR PIPES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Beds Strike Se Dip 20 E
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication Of Limestone Near Contact Metamorphosed Zone.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHEM. ANALYSIS ( 1970 ): 56 % FE, 4.5 % SILICA, 0.2 % S, 0.45 % P, 0.16 % MN. AVERAGE GRADE 1916 - 1958 : 0.8 OZ AU, 3.4 OZ AG.
Materials
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Turgite
Ore: Halloysite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT IS 300 FT DEEP. A VERTICAL SHAFT 1,065 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS AND DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Production): IRON WAS MINED FROM 1897 - 1930 . HALLOYSITE IS MINED FROM 1931 TO PRESENT.
Comment (Location): 1 MI E OF SILVER CITY
Comment (Commodity): IRON ORE IS MASSIVE COMPACT TO SPONGY BOTRYOIDAL MASSES.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , P. 94 - 96 , PL 3
Reference (Deposit): TOWERS, GW AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MIN IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN REPT, PT 3 - F, P. 766
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 245 - 246
Reference (Deposit): 5) MORRIS, H. T., 1964 , GEOL. OF THE EUREKA QUAD.: USGS BULL. 1142 - K, P. 28 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Deposit): 6) PATTERSON, S. H., 1964 , CLAYS - MINERAL & WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GMS BULL. 73 , P. 158 .
Reference (Deposit): 7) USGS PROF. PAPER 361 , P. 52
Reference (Deposit): 8) USGS MIN. RES. 1916 - 63 .
Reference (Production): UGMS BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GMS BULL. 88 , P. 66 - 67 .
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