Scottish Chief Mine

The Scottish Chief Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,800 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Scottish Chief Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.62306, -111.56833

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Scottish Chief Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Scottish Chief Mine
Secondary: Old Insley
Secondary: Silver King Western
Secondary: Silver King Consolidated Mines Company
Secondary: Insley


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Silver King Western Manufacturing Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, UT


Production

Year: 1902
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.12 Oz/Ton Au, 18 Oz/Ton Ag, 26% Pb, 3.5% Cu
Year: 1895
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.0067 Oz/Ton Au, 41.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 30.47% Pb
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1906-1930
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.023 Oz/Ton Au, 22 Oz/Ton Ag, 11% Pb, .9% Cu


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt

Type: L
Description: N15e Striking Fissures And Dike, Shallow Nw Dipping Bedding


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching And Calc-Silicate Development In Limestones, Argillic Alteration Of Dike, Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

Comment (Commodity): GRADES GIVEN IN PRODUCTION SECTION

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PORTAL OF MAIN INCLINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Comment (Production): TOTAL SHIPMENTS VALUED AT 20,000 DOLLARS

Comment (Development): SOME EARLY DEVELOPMENT, PROBABLY AMOUNTING TO ONLY A FEW TONS, TOOK PLACE ABOUT 1869. SILVER KING WESTERN COMPANY IS CURRENTLY EXPLORING FOR PB-AG ORE. THEY BELIEVE THERE MAY BE AN ORE BODY PRESENT

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT HAS TWO FORMS-REPLACEMENT IN CALCAREOUS BEDS ADJACENT TO DIKES AND FISSURES AND AS FISSURE VEINS, REPLACEMENT ZONES FOLLOW BEDDING AT N15E, 25 TO 30 NW. REPLACEMENT ZONES USUALLY LESS THAN ONE FOOT WIDE. ORE WITHIN BEDDING PLANE FOLLOWS SINUOS POD-SHAPED SHOOTS WHICH PITCHES 30 E TO 45 E. FISSURE VEINS FOUND NEAR PORTAL AND STRIKE N15E WITH DIPS OF 50 TO 70 NW.

Comment (Workings): MAIN INCLINE STRIKES N50E AND FOLLOWS BEDDING AT A 20 DEGREE DIP FOR 700 FT. NUMEROUS SIDE ADITS, LEVELS AND STOPES, TOTALLING 1500 FT IN LENGTH, CONNECT WITH MAIN INCLINE

Comment (Geology): WORKINGS CUT STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION FROM PENNSYLVANIAN WEBER QUARTZITE AT THE BASE TO LATE TRIASSIC ANKAREH FORMATION AT TOP. DIORITE DIKE WELL. DEFINED


References

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534

Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979


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