Chief Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.11749, 39.95075 (WGS84)
Elevation 2006
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 010 S 002 W 18 NWSWSW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.11749, 39.95075

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 30N
    Thickness 10M
    Length 219M
    Width 305M
    Area 32HA
    Depth to top 680M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N30E:30N
    Minimum Depth to Top 427
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co., New York
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200000M
    Overall depth 550M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    E TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS PRO. PAPER 107, P. 132, 167, 205-207

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNT

  • Deposit

    TAH IN GEOLOGY OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    TIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK TO G

  • Deposit

    OF UTAH, NO. 12, P. 80-93

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references