The Iris Mine is a mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,854 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: 7,854 Feet (2,394 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.4103, -112.32610
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Iris Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iris Mine
Secondary: Deseret Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Ohio
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO
Reference (Deposit): TAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GMS BULL. 102, P. 31-37, 45-47,
Reference (Deposit): 6, 7
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GMS B
Reference (Deposit): 0, P. 66
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPE
Reference (Deposit): P. 542, 556
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