| Deposit ID | 10088975 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00164 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sioux Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sioux Consolidated Adit and Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.09607, 39.93245 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2210 |
| Relative position | 2200 FT N 87 E OF MAMMOTH PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 2W | 29 | NE OF NE (29); NW OF NW (29) | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| (1) | -112.09607, 39.93245 |
|---|
| Strike | N |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45 |
| Width | 50M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| Year of last production | 1935 |
| District name | Tintic District District District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 1700M |
| Overall length | 198.12M |
| Overall width | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00164 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSIST OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC GUIDEBOOK, NO 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T.,1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP. F5> TOWER, G.W., JR, AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT(1897-1898), PART 3, PP.601-767.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1890S |
| Deposit | ORE REPORTEDLY HIT BY 1926 DRILL HOLE. |
| Deposit | SIOUX TUNNEL FOLLOW SOUTH EXTENSION OF UTAH (DEPOSIT NUMBER 108); SIOUX TUNNEL GIVES GOOD CROSS SECTION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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