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Santaquin Chief Workings

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012806
MRDS ID D008754
Record type Site
Current site name Santaquin Chief Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7805, 39.88106 (WGS84)
Elevation 2323
Relative position 6,400 FT N 77 W OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 001E 01 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Cole Canyon Dolomite;Teutonic Limestone
    Rock description Cole Canyon Dolomite;Teutonic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7805, 39.88106
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Comments on the geologic information

  • EAST ADIT IS IN THE COLE CANYON DOLOMITE, WEST ADIT IS PROBABLY IN TEUTONIC LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Nebo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Melvin J. Young (Deanna Two Claim)
    First year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • EAST ADIT IS PROBABLY THE SANTAQUIN CHIEF ADIT, IT IS ABOUT 375 FEET LONG, THE WEST ADIT IS CABED 75 FT INSIDE THE PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULTER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA III.

  • Deposit

    FOUTZ, D.R., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE WASH CANYON AREA, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 7, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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