The Dragon Mine is a kaolin mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,949 Feet (2,118 Meters)
Commodity: Kaolin
Lat, Long: 39.9175, -112.10417
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Dragon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dragon Mine
Secondary: Filtrol Halloysite Mine
Secondary: Dragon Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Dragon Iron
Commodity
Primary: Kaolin
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield), Dragon Consolidated Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northeast Structures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Halloysite
Gangue: Gibbsite
Comments
Comment (Production): SHIPPED HALLOYSITE TO FILTROL CORP
Comment (Development): TIMBER FIRE AND DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ENDED OPERATION
Comment (Deposit): DESCRIBED BY J. DAVID MILLER THESIS, ENDELLITE IS PRIMARY MINERAL, WHICH DEHYDRATES TO HALLOYSITE
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINED FOR MANY YEARS ON SMALL SCALE. SHAFT MINED FOR A FEW YEARS IN BOTTOM OF PIT; DEEPEST LEVEL IS 500 FEET WITH MINIMAL WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): APPEARS TO RELATE TO SUBSTATIAL (SUNBEAM ETC) METAL VEIN SYSTEMS. ALSO SEE CROWN POINT MINE
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCT HAD HIGH VALUE FOR CATALYTIC CRACKING OF OIL. GIBBSITE IN ORE SUGGESTS ADVANCED ARGILLIC ENVIRONMENT, AS DOES PROXIMITY TO ENARGITE-QUARTZ LODES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SHAFT NEAR NORTH CENTER OF OPEN PIT, NOT SHOWN ON MAP, IS LOCATION DESCRIBED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940S
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., 19198 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): KILDALE, M.B., AND THOMAS, R.C., 1957, A HALLOYSITE DEPOSIT AT DRAGONMINE, IN GEOLOGY OF OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 127.
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, J.D. 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAGON MINE HALLOYSITE DEPOSIT. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1964, CLAY MINERALS IN UTAH, BY J.W. VAN SANT, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8216.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, VOL. II, PAGE 106.
Reference (Production): PRIVATE REPORT BY CENTENNIAL DEVELOPMENT CO
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