Sioux Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088975
MRDS ID RE00164
Record type Site
Current site name Sioux Mine
Alternate or previous names Sioux Consolidated Adit and Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09607, 39.93245 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position 2200 FT N 87 E OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 2W 29 NE OF NE (29); NW OF NW (29) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SIOUX SHAFT;ADIT LIES WEST OF SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KNOWN ORE RESERVES EXHRASTED 1912 AND MINE TURNED OVER TO LESSES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09607, 39.93245

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45
    Width 50M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS IS NORTH CONTINUATION OF CARISA ORE AND VERY SIMILAR TO COLORADO MINE, BECK TUNNEL MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Tintic District District District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1700M
    Overall length 198.12M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT TO 1000 FT AND EXPLORATION DRIVE FROM 1700 LEVEL OF IRON BLOSSOM. 1800 FT HORIZONTAL DIAMOND DRILL HOLE COMPLETED IN JUNE 1926, REPORTEDLY CUT ORE.

Comments on development

  • AN EARLY OPERATOR EAST OF MAIN DISTRICT, SHOWN ON MAPS OF TOWER. ORE STRUCK 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSIST OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT 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 DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP. F5> TOWER, G.W., JR, AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT(1897-1898), PART 3, PP.601-767.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890S
Deposit ORE REPORTEDLY HIT BY 1926 DRILL HOLE.
Deposit SIOUX TUNNEL FOLLOW SOUTH EXTENSION OF UTAH (DEPOSIT NUMBER 108); SIOUX TUNNEL GIVES GOOD CROSS SECTION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references