Chief No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Cadmium, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020083
MRDS ID DC12525
Record type Site
Current site name Chief No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Chief Con.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11773, 39.95078 (WGS84)
Elevation 2005
Relative position SOUTH-CENTRAL EDGE OF EUREKA TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS OF NO. 1 SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Proustite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wurtzite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To The 1800 Ft Level; Limestones Were Dolomitized, Pyritized, And Jasperoidized Prior To Ore Deposition.

Analytical data

Result 1910 - 56 AVE: 0.1 OZ AU, 15.5 OZ AG, 0.3 % CU, 6 % PB, 2.3 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11773, 39.95078

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Mine Is On The West Limb And In The Trough Of The Tintic Syncline. Beds In The Limb Are Steep To Overturned. East Beck Fault(N 60 E, Steep Nw); Millionaire Row Fault(N 60 E, Irregular N); Intermediate Fault(N 77 E, 75 S); Leadville Reverse Fault(N 75 E, Steep Se); Bulkhead Fault(N 75 W, 65-85 Sw).

Ore body information

  • General form POD, PIPELIKE, AND VEIN DEPOSITS ALL IRREGULARLY INTERCONNECTED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Trending Strike-Slip Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 ORE ZONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1909-1956

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Comments on the production information

  • $48,770,940 (NET FROM THE SMELTER AT PREVAILING PRICES)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 193116M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LENGTH OF WORKINGS INCLUDES ADJACENT MINES. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SURFACE SHAFTS, FOUR UNDERGROUND WINZES WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. NO. 1 SHAFT IS 1,850 FEET DEEP WITH NINE LEVELS. NO. 2 SHAFT IS 1,800 FEET DEEP; IT IS USE FOR VENTILATION AND ESCAPE. THE LOWEST LEVEL IS AT 3,050 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • 1980-UNDER EXPLORATION BY ASARCO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3 , P. 80 - 93

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1923-1933

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 205 - 207

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT,UTAH: IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U. S., 1933-1967, AIME GRATON-SALES VOLUME 2, P. 1043-1073.

  • Production

    UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE CLAIMS PIPE(75 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 800 FEET THICK); THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE MANY ORE BODIES IN THE MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references