The Santaquin Chief Workings is a lead and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,621 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,621 Feet (2,323 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.88111, -111.77972
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Santaquin Chief Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santaquin Chief Workings
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Mt. Nebo District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Melvin J. Young (Deanna Two Claim)
Years: 1979 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): EAST ADIT IS PROBABLY THE SANTAQUIN CHIEF ADIT, IT IS ABOUT 375 FEET LONG, THE WEST ADIT IS CABED 75 FT INSIDE THE PORTAL
Comment (Geology): EAST ADIT IS IN THE COLE CANYON DOLOMITE, WEST ADIT IS PROBABLY IN TEUTONIC LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): BULTER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA III.
Reference (Deposit): FOUTZ, D.R., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE WASH CANYON AREA, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 7, NO. 2.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
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