| Deposit ID | 10088770 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058522 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chief Number 1 Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Chief Consolidated Mine, Little Chief |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11718, 39.95078 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1999 |
| Relative position | 3800 FT DUE NORTH OF EUREKA PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 18 | NW OF SW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Cadmium | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock | ||||
| Rock unit name | Leadville Dike | ||||
| Rock description | Leadville Dike | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Fitchville;Bluebell Dolomite |
| Rock description | Fitchville;Bluebell Dolomite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -112.11718, 39.95078 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Intense Faulting, Steep Bedding |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Strong Faulting, Reverse And Normal |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | 90 |
| Plunge direction | N |
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Length | 3218.6M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Depth to top | 426.72M |
| Depth to bottom | 944.88M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1909 |
| Discoverer | Walter Fitch Sr. And J.R. Finlay |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chief Consolidated Mining Co. |
| Home office | New York, Ny. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 80465M |
| Overall depth | 914.4M |
| Overall length | 3218.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058522 |
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.
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.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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.
HALL, JOHN G., 1949, HISTORY OF PUMPING AT CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINE, UTAH: AM. INST. MIN. ENG. TRANS., P. 229-39.
CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., 1980, 1981, 1982, ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.
MINES REGISTER, 1937, VOLUME XIX, MINES PUBLICATIONS, INC., NEW YORK, P. 227.
MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E.
MINES REGISTER 1937 P. 227
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DETAIL IS PROVIDED BY MORRIS (1968) PAGE 1059 |
| Deposit | 4000 GALLONS PER MINUTE OF WATER WERE PUMPED UP TO SINKHOLE 2000 FEET NORTHWEST OF SHAFT ON 1600 LEVEL OF GEMINI MINE. NO RETURN OF THIS WATER INTO DEEP WORKINGS WAS OBSERVED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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