Mine detail: Blowout Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.6172, -113.38136

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR-IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1945

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1947

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rock:Iron Mtn. Pluton
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Sevier Thrust System, Calumet Fault Zone, Iron Springs Thrust, Iron Mtn Intrusion
Tectonic:Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition

References

MRDSD005472
DEP10011172
Reference{Deposit:: YOUNG, W.E., 1947, IRON DEPOSITS, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4076, 102P.}{Deposit:: MACKIN, J. HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DIST,; UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, 62P.}{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.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, KENNETH C., 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88, P23-63.}{Deposit:: 1947 DIREXPL YOUNG, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 4076}{Deposit:: 1947 RECON MACKIN, UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 2}{Deposit:: 1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN, MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-14}{Deposit:: 1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF. PAPER 516-B}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON BULLOCK, UTAH GEOL. MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88}{Production:: STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
ReporterStegan, Ralph J.