The Sioux Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,251 Feet (2,210 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.9325, -112.09528
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Sioux Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sioux Mine
Secondary: Sioux Consolidated Adit and Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District District 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): AN EARLY OPERATOR EAST OF MAIN DISTRICT, SHOWN ON MAPS OF TOWER. ORE STRUCK 1908
Comment (Commodity): KNOWN ORE RESERVES EXHRASTED 1912 AND MINE TURNED OVER TO LESSES
Comment (Location): SIOUX SHAFT;ADIT LIES WEST OF SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890S
Comment (Deposit): ORE REPORTEDLY HIT BY 1926 DRILL HOLE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT TO 1000 FT AND EXPLORATION DRIVE FROM 1700 LEVEL OF IRON BLOSSOM. 1800 FT HORIZONTAL DIAMOND DRILL HOLE COMPLETED IN JUNE 1926, REPORTEDLY CUT ORE.
Comment (Geology): THIS IS NORTH CONTINUATION OF CARISA ORE AND VERY SIMILAR TO COLORADO MINE, BECK TUNNEL MINE
Comment (Deposit): SIOUX TUNNEL FOLLOW SOUTH EXTENSION OF UTAH (DEPOSIT NUMBER 108); SIOUX TUNNEL GIVES GOOD CROSS SECTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP. F5> TOWER, G.W., JR, AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT(1897-1898), PART 3, PP.601-767.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSIST OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT 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): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
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