Chester Claim

The Chester Claim is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Chester Claim
Secondary: Chester Claim Patented of the Evans Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Mr. Johnson
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dutch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Ochre Mtn. Thrust, Spotted Fawn Fault, Tribune Gulch Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN ROGAL GULCH DUTCH MOUNTAIN

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION, IRON OXIDES WITH SOME MALACHITE, IS ALONG TIGHT FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE.

Comment (Workings): THE CHESTER TUNNEL, 227 FT. LONG, ASSOCIATED WITH TWO 22 FT. ADITS AND A 40 FT. LONG, CONNECTING OPENCUT WEST OF THE TUNNEL, A 12 FT. ADIT EAST OF THE TUNNEL, AND AN 18 FT. ADIT SOUTH OF THE TUNNEL.

Comment (Geology): NORTHEAST-STRIKING QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKES ARE IN THE AREA.

References

Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH U.S.G.S PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6040: UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6040: UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 166

Reference (Deposit): 1980 MINEMAP UGMS-OPEN FILE

Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

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