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Indian Chief

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021217
MRDS ID DC15221
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Chief
Alternate or previous names Yellow Jacket
Related records 10251784

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72831, 39.98772 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position N. OF INDIAN SPRINGS POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 008W 34 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE: 60 - 70 % PB, 8 - 14 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.72831, 39.98772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Fissure (N 70 W, 65 N)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL OF FAULT: GRAY DOLOMITE OVERLYING BLACK LIMESTONE. HANGING WALL OF FAULT: BLACK DENSE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE INCLINE SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 455-456.

  • Deposit

    HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-21-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS LIES CLOSE TO FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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