Sioux Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102081
MRDS ID DC12556
Record type Site
Current site name Sioux Mine
Alternate or previous names Sioux Consolidated Mining Co.
Related records 10131136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09551, 39.93245 (WGS84)
Elevation 2188
Relative position 0.45 MI EAST OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS OF THE SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Analytical data

Result AVE: 32.4 OZ AG, 16.9 % PB PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09551, 39.93245

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Almost Horizontal Beds; Shaft Is Located On The Axis Of The Tintic Syncline. West Of The Axis The Beds Strike North And Dip 45 E. Fractures Are Vertical And Trend N, N 15 E, N 30 W And East.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Length 198.12M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1908 - 1912

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Comments on the production information

  • AU, $3.50/TON; AG, 35 OZ/TON; CU, 0.26%; PB, 35%

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SHAFT IS 500 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 200 , 300 , 450 , 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 238

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZN DEP OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. B - 73

  • Deposit

    COOK, D. R., 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-06-1958

  • Production

    UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FROM THE SHAFT IS SIMILAR TO BECK AND COLORADO MINES AND IS PART OF THE IRON BLOSSOM ORE ZONE. ORE FROM THE TUNNEL IS FROM THE GODIVA ORE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references