Dragon Mine

The Dragon Mine is a kaolin mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,949 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dragon Mine
Secondary: Filtrol Halloysite Mine
Secondary: Dragon Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Dragon Iron

Commodity

Primary: Kaolin
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield), Dragon Consolidated Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POD

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northeast Structures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Halloysite
Gangue: Gibbsite

Comments

Comment (Production): SHIPPED HALLOYSITE TO FILTROL CORP

Comment (Development): TIMBER FIRE AND DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ENDED OPERATION

Comment (Deposit): DESCRIBED BY J. DAVID MILLER THESIS, ENDELLITE IS PRIMARY MINERAL, WHICH DEHYDRATES TO HALLOYSITE

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINED FOR MANY YEARS ON SMALL SCALE. SHAFT MINED FOR A FEW YEARS IN BOTTOM OF PIT; DEEPEST LEVEL IS 500 FEET WITH MINIMAL WORKINGS

Comment (Geology): APPEARS TO RELATE TO SUBSTATIAL (SUNBEAM ETC) METAL VEIN SYSTEMS. ALSO SEE CROWN POINT MINE

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCT HAD HIGH VALUE FOR CATALYTIC CRACKING OF OIL. GIBBSITE IN ORE SUGGESTS ADVANCED ARGILLIC ENVIRONMENT, AS DOES PROXIMITY TO ENARGITE-QUARTZ LODES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): SHAFT NEAR NORTH CENTER OF OPEN PIT, NOT SHOWN ON MAP, IS LOCATION DESCRIBED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940S

References

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 19198 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

Reference (Deposit): KILDALE, M.B., AND THOMAS, R.C., 1957, A HALLOYSITE DEPOSIT AT DRAGONMINE, IN GEOLOGY OF OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 127.

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, J.D. 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAGON MINE HALLOYSITE DEPOSIT. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1964, CLAY MINERALS IN UTAH, BY J.W. VAN SANT, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8216.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, VOL. II, PAGE 106.

Reference (Production): PRIVATE REPORT BY CENTENNIAL DEVELOPMENT CO

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