Mine detail: Blaine Mine

Previously called 'IdaDesert View Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.90716, -112.71359

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Structure:	Basin And Range, N 10 W, 42 Sw Reverse Faults Of Small Net Slip Explored By Lower Tunnel.
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	RE00197
DEP	10055163
Reference	{Deposit:: COHONOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 63.}{Deposit:: THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.}{Deposit:: LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 453-454.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1950, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.37 F5> U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953. F6>BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILE 233184, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH}{Production:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III