The Indian Chief Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,680 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.99167, -112.73944
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Indian Chief Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Chief Prospect
Secondary: Yellow Jacket Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): FIVE SHAFTS, THREE STEEPLY INCLINED, WITH AN APPROX. AREA OF 110 FT. (NW-SE) BY 60 FT. (NE-SE). MOST OF THE SHAFTS ARE SHALLOW (15-30 FT.); THE PRINCIPAL, 70 N INCLINE SHAFT MAY BE 100 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): THE GALENA IS IN FINE-GRAINED, BLACK, SOOTY STRINGERS WITH WHITE TO GRAY BORDERS OF CERUSSITE IN A SILICEOUS HEMATITE-LIMONITE GANGUE
Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL SHOOTS OF CERUSSITE-GALENA ORE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. PITS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE SHAFTS SHOWED NO OBVIOUS MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROSPECT PITS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE SHAFT ARE VERY INCONSPICUOUS; ALMOST NO OXIDES ARE PRESENT ON THE DUMP, GIVING THEM THE SAME COLOR AS THE COUNTRY ROCK. LIMONITE AND HEMATITE ARE ABUNDANT AT THE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M., 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDISN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.
Reference (Production): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, P. 456
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY 6268, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 455-456.
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