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Godiva Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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  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 10020834
MRDS ID DC14067
Record type Site
Current site name Godiva Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1019, 39.95245 (WGS84)
Elevation 2143
Relative position 6250 FT. N 45 E OF EUREKA PEAK

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 010S 002W 18 NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ADIT OR 200 LEVEL WHICH CONNECTS TO SHAFT LYING 650 FEET TO SOUTHWEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Arillization Of Latite

Analytical data

Result REPORTED 1925 AS 25 PERCENT PB, 12 OUNCES AG
Result 0.03 OUNCES AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1019, 39.95245
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Fractures

Ore body information

  • Plunge N
    Length 457.2M
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXTENSIVE DECOMPOSITION OF QUARTZ LATITE IN VICINITY MAY BE DUE TO HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Godiva Mining Co.; Mcchrystal Family
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Copper Co., Div Of Atlantic Richfield Corp

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3218.6M
    Overall depth 426.72M
    Overall length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FOOT SHAFT 150 FOOT WINZE FROM BOTTOM IN 1925. MAIN WORK DONE ON 900 AND ABOVE TO 1917.

Comments on development

  • IN 1925 COMPANY WAS STILL RUN BY ITS INCORPORATORS, PACKARD AND MCCHRYSTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MININ DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G.W., AND SMITH G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME III, PAGE 748.

  • Deposit

    NEALE, W.G., 1927, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVII, NEW YORK, THE MINES HANDBOOK CO., P. 1492.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E., P 1060.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION HAS FAILED TO FIRED NORTHERN EXTENSIONS OF THESE ORE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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