Iris Mine

The Iris Mine is a zinc, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,851 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Iris Mine
Secondary: Deseret

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Ohio Mining 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Dome

Type: L
Description: Discontinuous Small Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AVERAGE OF FOUR SAMPLES ACROSS THE VEIN SHOW 0.013 OZ. AU, 4.06 OZ. AG

Comment (Location): NE NE NE SECTION 5

Comment (Workings): CAVED AT PORTAL, INACCESSABLE

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 35 - 37

Reference (Production): PERRY, L. I., 1978

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