New Arrowhead Mine

The New Arrowhead Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 7,579 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: New Arrowhead Mine
Secondary: Arrowhead Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Washington/Indian Peak

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Fife Brothers

Owner Name: New Arrowhead Mining Co

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR LENS-SHAPED

Structure

Type: R
Description: Folding & Thrusting-Laramide Basement Caped By Tert Flows

Type: L
Description: Western Rim Of A Large Caldera? Local Faults Trending N 20 Deg W

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CLOSED IN 1946

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, PITS

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

References

Reference (Deposit): GRANT, S.K., & NACKOWSKI, M.P., 1961, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN PEAK FLUORSPAR DISTRICT

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., AND MCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UGMS OPEN FILE RPT #22.

Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE US, PT 2 UTAH: USGS BULL. #1135-B, 104P.

Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON A.V. HEYL

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UGMS OPEN FILE RPT #22

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

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