Chloride Chief

The Chloride Chief is a silver and uranium mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,501 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Chloride Chief  

State:  Utah

County:  Washington

Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.24472, -113.35917

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Chloride Chief MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Chloride Chief
Secondary: Pumpkin Point Area
Secondary: Silver #2 Claim
Secondary: Doyle Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Silver Reef District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: 5m Corp.


Production

Year: 1956
Time Period: 1950-1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.30% U3o8
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1956-1957
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.21% U3o8


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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


Structure

Type: R
Description: Pine Valleys Mts

Type: L
Description: Virgin Anticline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Carnotite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE DOYLE SHAFT AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS

Comment (Deposit): REC.NUMBER B10


References

Reference (Deposit): BOYLE AND BOWYER, 1961, USAEC ORE RESERVE STUDY F5 < USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, 1957

Reference (Production): L. I. PERRY, 1979

Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, PAUL D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 44, 169 P.

Reference (Deposit): STUGARD, F., JR., 1953, PHYS. EXPL. FOR URANIUM DURING 1951 IN THE SILVER REEF DISTRICT: USGS TEI REPT 254, P. 13-21

Reference (Deposit): DASCH, D., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE AND W UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK #21, P. 118


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