Dyke #1 Claim

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020443
MRDS ID DC13238
Record type Site
Current site name Dyke #1 Claim
Alternate or previous names This Claim Was Originally Staked As the Copperhead, By Which It Is Most Well Known. It Was Staked As the Gold Chief, Claims From 1925-1950. It Was Also Known As the Black Diamond In, 1929. It Is Part of A Group of 6 Claims That Obtained Its Present, Name From Its Present Owners

Comments on the site names

  • THIS CLAIM WAS ORIGINALLY STAKED AS THE COPPERHEAD, BY WHICH IT IS MOST WELL KNOWN. IT WAS STAKED AS THE GOLD CHIEF CLAIMS FROM 1925-1950. IT WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLACK DIAMOND IN 1929. IT IS PART OF A GROUP OF 6 CLAIMS THAT OBTAINED ITS PRESENT NAME FROM ITS PRESENT OWNERS

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03164, 39.55939 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Relative position 4,800 FT E-SE OF LADY LAIRD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lady Laird Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 011W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 FOR COPPERHEAD SHAFT, IMPROPERLY LABELED "IBEX" ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IT IS REPORTED THAT A SLAB OF NATIVE COPPER THE SIZE OF A MANS HEAD WAS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY, THUS THE NAME "COPPERHEAD"

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification, Jasperoid, Marble

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Limestone G (Wheeler Formation)
    Rock description Limestone G (Wheeler Formation)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Faulted Homocline Striking N 20 Deg. W And Dipping 30 Deg. Sw

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 20 DEG W
    Thickness 27.43M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 38.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Controlled By Faulting Along Contact. The Dike Strikes N50 Deg. E & Dips 80 Deg. Se

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SEDIMENTRY UNITS LISTED ABOVE CORRELATE WITH MIDDLE AND UPPER CAMBRIAN FORMATIONS OF THE HOUSE RANGE, IE: TATOW, HOWELL, DOME, SWASEY, WHEELER, MARJUM, AND WEEKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Production years INTEMITTENT 1904 - 1944

Mining district

District name Detroit

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ward Leasing Co.?
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dudley Crafts, J. Shoenberger
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • BY 1902 10,000 TONS OF $10.00 ORE HAD BEEN BLOCKED OUT ON THE HUMES WINZE. WITH LARGER BLOCKS ON THE 125 FT & 175 FT LEVELS. THE GRANDPA WINZE BLOCKED 20,000 TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MR. D.E. CRAFTS OF DELTA INDICATED THAT IN 1934 THE INCLINE SHAFT BOTTOMED AT 178 FT AND WAS MINED OUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SURFACE TUNNEL, SEVERAL INCLINE & 2 COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFTS, SEVERAL DOZER CUTS AND PITS. WORKING LEVELS INCLUDE 125 FT & 178 FT. ONE SHAFT REACHED 500 FT IN 1934. AT LEAST 4 MAJOR ORE SHOOTS WERE DISCOVERED AND EXPLORED

Comments on development

  • THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY HAS IN ITS FILES MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL WORK OF GUY CRANE & OTHERS INCLUDING MAPS, SURVEYS, ASSAYS, DRAWINGS, SKETCHES, CORRESPONDANCE, & OTHER USEFULL INFORMATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, UT: USGS BULL. 1082-H

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1969, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DYKE CLAIMS, SEC. 36, T14S, R11W, DRUM MTNS, JUAB COUNTY UTAH: UT GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY RI #41.

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK: 1916 PT 1, P. 443; 1917 PT. 1, P. 189; 1918 PT. 1, P. 389; 1919 PT 1., P. 435

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MARCH 30, 1916, P. 17

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1934, GEOLOGY AND EVALUATION OF COMPANY HOLDINGS IN THE DETROIT DISTRICT: REPORT TO MR. FRANK SYLVESTER, PRESIDENT OF UTAH CENTRAL MINES COMPANY FROM G.W. CRANE, CONSULTING GEOLOGIST, MARCH 15, 1934, MAPS, SURVEYS, ASSAYS, ETC.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL USBM DIAMOND DRILLING

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL 1082-H

  • Production

    CRANE, G.W., 1934, COMPANY REPORT: UTAH CENTRAL MINES CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CENTRAL UTAH MINES CO., CONSISTED OF 144 CLAIMS, 93 OF WHICH WERE OWNED OUTRIGHT 45 PATENTED & 6 LOCATED, THIS CLAIM WAS ONE OF THE LOCATED (GOLD CHIEF GROUP).
Deposit THE TERT QTZ. MONZ. PORPHYRY LISTED ABOVE (CRITTENDEN, 1961) IS VERY SIMILIAR TO THE MT. LAIRD TUFF (LINDSEY, 1979) AND ARE BELIEVED TO BE APOPHYSES FROM A BURIED PLUTON THAT IS THE UNCOLAPSED OR RESURGENT PORTION OF THE MAGMA CHAMBER OF THE MT. LAIRD TUFF ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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