The Iris Mine is a silver mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,851 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,851 Feet (2,393 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.41222, -112.32667
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Iris Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iris Mine
Secondary: Deseret Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Ohio District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Leaching And Oxidation.
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1976 , THE VEIN AVERAGED 0.013 OZ/TON AU, 4.06 OZ/TON AG, 0.031 % PB, 0.06 % ZN, 0.17 % CU.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FLAKES OF GOLD 0.5 - 2MM DIAM.
Comment (Location): CLAIMS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE LAWLER - EKKER, EMERY, BURRO, BIG BEND, EAGLE CITY, AND NORTH WASH. THE UTM COORD. ARE OF BUILDINGS IN SECT. 28 .
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AT LEAST 500 TONS OF ORE REMAIN IN THE MINE ABOVE THE LOWER LEVEL.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION CONSISTED OF SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS, 1010 , 130 , AND 195 FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): PLACER MINING.
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L. I., AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 22 , P. 263 & 266 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RES. POT. OF PIUTE CO.: UTAH G & MS BULL. 102 , P. 35 - 36 .
Reference (Production): PERRY & MCCARTHY, 1976
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