The Iron Blossom Number One is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.92528, -112.09861
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Iron Blossom Number One MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Blossom Number One
Secondary: Iron Blossom Consolidated Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
Home Office: Greenwich, Conn.
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1908
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures Entering Cavities
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): VERTICLE SHAFT BADLY CAVED, AND FENCED; CAVED ADIT TO SHAFT
Comment (Location): SHAFT IS LOCATION. ADIT TO SHAFT LIES 800 FT S 45 E ALONG RAILROAD GRADE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): RE ENTRY BENEATH OLD WORKINGS AND DRILLING FROM SURFACE HAVE BEEN TRIED AT TIMES
Comment (Deposit): NOTABLE ALLIGNMENT BUT NO CONNECTION TO UNDINE, DRAGON, AND MARTHA WASHINGTON VEINS SYSTEM TO THE SOUTH.
Comment (Geology): HORIZONTAL 'PIPES' MAY BE KARST SYSTEM. BEST BODIES ARE IN UNITS CITED BETWEEN 400 AND 600 FEET BELOW COLLAR
Comment (Deposit): REMARKABLE LARGE HIGH GRADE ORE RUN WITH LITTLE SURFACE EXPRESSION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN UTAH, IN, RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATO SALES VOL III, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967. AIME, NEW YORK.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1919 THE MINES HAND BOOK, MINES HANDBOOK COMPANY, NEW YORK, P. 1411.
Reference (Deposit): ALMOND H. AND MORRIS, H.T., 1951, GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES AS APPLIED IN RECENT INVESTIGATIONS IN THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOLUME 46, PAGES 615-625.
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