Chief No. 2 Shaft

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Gold, Copper
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 10042152
MRDS ID M058521
Record type Site
Current site name Chief No. 2 Shaft
Alternate or previous names Chief Consolidated Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10523, 39.95439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position 6200 FT. N 37 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 NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • AT FOOT OF NORTH SLOPE OF GODIVA MOUNTAIN, EAST OF EUREKA, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification. Oxidation To Approximately 2000 Feet

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) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone;Bluebell Dolomite And Victoria
    Rock description Deseret Limestone;Bluebell Dolomite And Victoria
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10523, 39.95439

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North-Striking
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 2438.4M
    Depth to top 213.36M
    Depth to bottom 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Long North-Trending Cavelike Structures

Comments on the geologic information

  • SWELLING PORPHYRY WHICH CAUSED TROUBLE IN SHAFT SINKING WAS PRESUMABLY PACKARD LATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer Walter Fitch Sr. And J.R. Finlay
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Asarco Exploration
    Home office Tucson, Arizona
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 259HA
    Length 48279M
    Overall depth 609.6M
    Overall length 2735.81M
    Overall width 804.65M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER TWO SHAFT COMPLETED AND CONCRETED IN 1920 TO NEARLY 2000 FEET. PROVIDES ACCESS TO PLUTUS AND GODIVA ORE BODIES DISCOVERED IN 1925 ERA

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE DEVELOPED FROM 21 ACRE LITTLE CHIEF PROPERTY, BEGUN IN 1907. FITCH DIED A WEALTHY MAN IN APRIL 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING 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

    CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., 1918, 1920 ANNUAL REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS, N.P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT WAS RE-EQUIPPED BY ASARCO INC. IN 1981-1983 TO ALLOW EXPLORATION (NOTABLY TO SOUTHEAST) TO 1450 LEVEL. SAMPLING WAS TAKEN ON 1600 LEVEL WHERE DRILLING IS PLANNED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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