| Deposit ID | 10020852 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14131 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Scottish Chief Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver King Mining Co. Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.56939, 40.62272 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2957 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILE NE OF BRIGHTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 003E | 24,23 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyromorphite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.56939, 40.62272 |
|---|
| General form | SINOUS POD SHAPED SHOOT |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1902-1904 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14131 |
BOUTWELL,J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DIST.: USGS PROF. PAPER 77, P. 224-225.
JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 82-86.
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-13-1958
JAMES, 1979, P. 85
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1980 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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