The Scottish Chief Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,701 Feet (2,957 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.62278, -111.56861
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Scottish Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scottish Chief Mine
Secondary: Silver King Mining Co. Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SINOUS POD SHAPED SHOOT
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Is Metamorphosed To A Hard Whitish And Greenish Hornfels Containing Diopside And Scapolite.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyromorphite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN IRREGULAR INCLINE 400 FT DEEP WITH 3 LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-13-1958
Reference (Production): JAMES, 1979, P. 85
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL,J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DIST.: USGS PROF. PAPER 77, P. 224-225.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 112.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 82-86.
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