The Iron Blossom Ore Run is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,215 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: 7,215 Feet (2,199 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9394, -112.09470
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Iron Blossom Ore Run MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Blossom Ore Run
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Empire Mines Co.
Percent: 10.00
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Yankee Consolidated
Percent: 10.00
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Eureka Standard Mining
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Sioux Consolidated
Percent: 10.00
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Amax, Inc.
Percent: 20.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Geocronite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Enargite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Aurichalcite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI
Reference (Deposit): UTAH, NO. 12, P. 1-56
Reference (Deposit): TIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOL. GUIDEBOOK TO GEOL
Reference (Deposit): TAH IN GEOLOGY OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNT
Reference (Deposit): HE TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS PRO. PAPER 107, P. 234-245
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