| Deposit ID | 10021342 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15674 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Union Chief Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.743, 39.95523 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2219 |
| Relative position | 10,400 FT. N72W OF RED LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Payson Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Spanish Fork(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002E | 08 | SW OF SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Result | 1920: 12 PERCENT PB, 2 OZ. PER TON AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Teutonic Ls | ||||
| Rock description | Teutonic Ls | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.743, 39.95523 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wasatch Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures (N50e, 50-70se; N30w, 60-80w; N10w, 63w), Fault N60e, 60nw |
| General form | BEDDED |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1899 |
| Discoverer | A.W. Larsen |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| District name | Santaquin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1005.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15674 |
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B.
TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111.
BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH-CENTRRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.
HALE, F.A. JR., PACKARD, M.O., JR., AND M. MANSFIELD, 1910, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTAQUIN MINING DISTRICT: B.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.
U.S.G.S. MIN. RES. 1916, 1917, 1925-1927
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATION OF UPPER TUNNEL IS UNCERTAIN BUT IS 150 TO 300 FT ABOVE THE LOWER (MAIN) WORKING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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