Mine detail: Blowout Mine

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Location:	Iron County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.6172, -113.38136
dep_id:	10011172
mrds_id:	D005472
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Minor mineral:	Copper, Lead
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR-IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface
ore_ctrl:	Iron Springs Gap Thrust-Brecciation Zone, Fracturing, Faulting
Reporter:	Stegan, Ralph J.
hrock_type:	Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_unit:	Iron Mtn. Pluton
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Sevier Thrust System, Calumet Fault Zone, Iron Springs Thrust, Iron Mtn Intrusion
tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
Year first produced:	1947
disc_yr:	1945
References:	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.