Iron Blossom Mine

The Iron Blossom Mine is a iron mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Iron Blossom Mine

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Detroit District

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

Ownership

Owner Name: Copperhead Mining Co.

Production

Year: 1959
Time Period: 1958-1959
Description: Cp_Grade: ^52% Feo

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1958
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Drum Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1971: AG = .6 PPM, AU = .05 PPM, CU = 11 PPM, MO LT 1 PPM, PB 9 PPM, ZN 20
Analytical Data: 1970 ASSAY: FE = 58.2%, SIO2 = 5.2%, S = 0.11%, P = 0.07%, MN = 0.10%

Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Goethite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ORE VARIES FROM MASSIVE TO SPONGY TO OCHEROUS VARIETIES.

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

Comment (Production): 50 TONS OF ORE ARE STOCKPILED ON THE PROPERTY.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODY LIES ALONG A NORTHEAST TRENDING FAULT.

Comment (Workings): 50 FT. DEEP

References

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reference (Deposit): NEWELL, R.A., 1971, GEOLOGY & GEOCHEM. OF THE NORTHERN DRUM MTNS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: COLOR. SCHOOL OF MINES, MS-THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971

Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-117

Reference (Production): NEWELL, 1971, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF NORTHERN DRUM MTNS.: COL. SCH. OF MINES MS THESIS

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