The Blaine Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,391 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,391 Feet (1,948 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.90722, -112.71278
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Blaine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blaine Mine
Secondary: Ida
Secondary: Desert View Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Noranda Exploration, Inc.
Owner Name: United Mining And Dev. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
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: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: N 10 W, 42 Sw Reverse Faults Of Small Net Slip Explored By Lower Tunnel.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 13 PERCENT PB
Analytical Data: 12-TON SAMPLE TAKEN IN WINZE 30 FT. BELOW TUNNEL (UPPER) LEVEL, IN WINZE: 15 PERCENT ZN
Analytical Data: 4 OZ AG PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL N 65-70 W FISSURE IS DEVELOPED MOSTLY THROUGH MIDDLE TUNNEL THAT IS ON THE FISSURE, A SHORT UPPER TUNNEL THAT CROSSCUTS THE FISSURE AND ASSOC. DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, THE FISSURE AND ASSOC. DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, SHAFTS, AND PITS. THE MIDDLE TUNNEL EXPLORED ORE SHOOTS VARYING IN WIDTH FROM 14 IN. TO 10 FT.
Comment (Production): 100 TONS OF CERUSSITE SHIPPED TO HOT SPRINGS SMELTER , NORTH OF ABRAHAM, MILLARD CO., IN 1080'S; JOINT PRODUCTION WITH TINTIC DISTRICT DELAWARE MINE, 52 TONS, ZN-PB ORE, 1945; JOINT PROD. WITH BLACK JACK GROUP, 99 TONS PB-ZN ORE, 1953.
Comment (Workings): THREE MAJOR TUNNELS, UPPER, MIDDLE, AND LOWER, WITH ASSOC. DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, SHORT ADITS, SHAFTS, AND PITS. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE MIDDLE TUNNEL. THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTAL APPROX. 2500 FT (THIS WAS THE TOTAL IN 1950).
Comment (Geology): MIDDLE BLAINE TUNNEL IS AT THE APPROX. BOUNDARY BETWEEN OXIDIZED AND UNOXIDIZED ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): COHONOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 63.
Reference (Deposit): THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 453-454.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1950, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.37 F5> U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953. F6>BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILE 233184, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Reference (Production): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.
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