| Deposit ID | 10102084 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12845 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Chain Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | British Tintic ? Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.10135, 39.92939 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2103 |
| Relative position | 3000 FT. S 68 W OF MAMMOTH PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 30 | SE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Conichalcite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Olivenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 0.6 OZ AU |
|---|---|
| Result | 2-14 OZ AG |
| Result | 2-8% CU |
| Result | 50-70% SI |
| Result | 1% ZN |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ajax Dolomite; Opex Formation |
| Rock description | Ajax Dolomite;Opex |
| (1) | -112.10135, 39.92939 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Horizontal Ore Shoots Along Beddings |
| General form | OTHER VEIN, GOSSAN |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mammoth Mining Co. |
| First year | 1930 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Chain Mining Co. |
| Home office | C/O E. Steele Mcintyre Eureka, Ut. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Overall depth | 304.8M |
| Overall length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12845 |
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.
TOWER, G.W., JR., AND SMITH, G.O., 1898, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT VOL. III.
MCINTYRE, E.S., PERSONAL INTERVIEW, OCTOBER 1983.
MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE J.D., EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME, AIME.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | STRIKES NORTH TO WEST OF MAMMOTH PIPE |
| Deposit | $3 MILLION IN PRODUCTION FROM A JAX AND GOLD CHAIN MINES 1899-1917, IN CU, AG, AU ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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