Blowout Mine

The Blowout Mine is a iron mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,490 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

Name: Blowout Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Iron

Elevation: 6,490 Feet (1,978 Meters)

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 37.61722, -113.38056

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Blowout Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blowout Mine


Commodity

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Pinto Iron


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


Ownership

Owner Name: C. F. And I. Steel Corp.

Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.


Production

Year: 1968
Time Period: 1947 - 1968


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR-IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sevier Thrust System

Type: L
Description: Calumet Fault Zone, Iron Springs Thrust, Iron Mtn Intrusion


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: IRON 54%


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): THE MAGNETITE IS HARD AND MASSIVE.

Comment (Deposit): BLOWOUT ORE BODY IS LOCATED ALONG THE CALUMET FAULT ZONE, TRAVERSING THE SOUTH SIDE OF IRON MTN. AND THE IRON SPRINGS GAP THRUST FAULT.

Comment (Geology): THE BLOWOUT ORE BODY IS A BRECCIA PIPE REPLACEMENT ALONG THE FAULTED IRON SPRINGS GAP THRUST WHICH LIES MOSTLY IN QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Comment (Workings): PIT-BENCH MINE


References

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102P.

Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST,; UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62P.

Reference (Deposit): BLANK, H. RICHARD AND MACKIN, J.HOOVER, 1967, GEOL. INTERPRETATION OF AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE IRON SPRINGS DIST., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 516-B, 14P.

Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88

Reference (Production): STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P23-63.

Reference (Deposit): 1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 4076

Reference (Deposit): 1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 2

Reference (Deposit): 1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14


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