Chloride Chief

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Uranium, Copper, Vanadium
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099346
MRDS ID RE00087
Record type Site
Current site name Chloride Chief
Alternate or previous names Pumpkin Point Area, Silver #2 Claim, Doyle Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.35997, 37.2447 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 3000 FEET EAST OF USMM1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 013W 06 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Vanadinite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.35997, 37.2447

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pine Valleys Mts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Selective Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Reef District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner 5m Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1950-1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.30% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Period 1956-1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.21% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall length 300M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE DOYLE SHAFT AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC.NUMBER B10 <DC15420>

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Perry, Lee, I. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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