| Deposit ID | 10179030 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490230086 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chief Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Chief #1 Mine, Chief Consolidated #1 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11749, 39.95075 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2006 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010 S | 002 W | 18 | NWSWSW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Argentite | Unknown |
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Cerargyrite | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Hemimorphite | Unknown |
| Jasper | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Plumbojarosite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Wurtzite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -112.11749, 39.95075 |
|---|
| Strike | N30E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 30N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 219M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 32HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 680M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chief Consolidated Mining Co., New York |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 200000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 550M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490230086 |
LINDGREN W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT
E TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS PRO. PAPER 107, P. 132, 167, 205-207
MORRIS, H.T., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNT
TAH IN GEOLOGY OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF
TIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK TO G
OF UTAH, NO. 12, P. 80-93
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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