The Godiva Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,031 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,031 Feet (2,143 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.9525, -112.10111
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Godiva Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Godiva Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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: The Anaconda Copper Co., Div Of Atlantic Richfield Corp
Owner Name: Godiva Mining Co.; Mcchrystal Family
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: North
Type: L
Description: Northwest Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Arillization Of Latite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.03 OUNCES AU
Analytical Data: REPORTED 1925 AS 25 PERCENT PB, 12 OUNCES AG
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ADIT OR 200 LEVEL WHICH CONNECTS TO SHAFT LYING 650 FEET TO SOUTHWEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): 1200 FOOT SHAFT 150 FOOT WINZE FROM BOTTOM IN 1925. MAIN WORK DONE ON 900 AND ABOVE TO 1917.
Comment (Geology): EXTENSIVE DECOMPOSITION OF QUARTZ LATITE IN VICINITY MAY BE DUE TO HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION
Comment (Development): IN 1925 COMPANY WAS STILL RUN BY ITS INCORPORATORS, PACKARD AND MCCHRYSTAL
Comment (Deposit): EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION HAS FAILED TO FIRED NORTHERN EXTENSIONS OF THESE ORE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W., AND SMITH G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME III, PAGE 748.
Reference (Deposit): NEALE, W.G., 1927, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVII, NEW YORK, THE MINES HANDBOOK CO., P. 1492.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E., P 1060.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MININ DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
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