Godiva Ore Run

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179402
MAS/MILS ID 0490230084
Record type Site
Current site name Godiva Ore Run

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.10299, 39.95165 (WGS84)
Elevation 2143
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 010 S 002 W 18 SWNESE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Aragonite Unknown
Aurichalcite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stephanite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.10299, 39.95165

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 00N
    Thickness 15M
    Length 2400M
    Width 100M
    Area 160HA
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N05W:00N
    Minimum Depth to Top 20
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 160
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co., New York
    Interest 20
    Home office New York
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mayday Mining And Milling Co.
    Interest 20
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Consolidated
    Interest 20
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Victor Consolidated
    Interest 20
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax, Inc.
    Interest 20
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16100M
    Overall depth 160M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 10
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 220
    Number of Adits 15
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PLUGGED
    3rd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI

  • Deposit

    HE TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS PRO. PAPER 107, P. 222-234

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINES ON THIS ORE RUN INCLUDE: GODIVA, MAYDAY, UNCLE SAM, HU ANKEE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, UTAH, SIOUX ADDITIONAL MINERAL FROM A-8, HYDROZINCITE, CLASS 07 FROM A-9, BOX 69-71 (DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE) IS CORRECT(001 ERE IS NO DIP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.