The Chief Mine is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,581 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,581 Feet (2,006 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9508, -112.11670
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Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chief Mine
Secondary: Chief #1 Mine
Secondary: Chief Consolidated #1
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co., New York
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Wurtzite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Anglesite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): OF UTAH, NO. 12, P. 80-93
Reference (Deposit): TIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK TO G
Reference (Deposit): TAH IN GEOLOGY OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNT
Reference (Deposit): E TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS PRO. PAPER 107, P. 132, 167, 205-207
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT
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