Santaquin Chief Workings

The Santaquin Chief Workings is a lead and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,621 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Santaquin Chief Workings

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Mt. Nebo District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Melvin J. Young (Deanna Two Claim)
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PIPE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Workings): EAST ADIT IS PROBABLY THE SANTAQUIN CHIEF ADIT, IT IS ABOUT 375 FEET LONG, THE WEST ADIT IS CABED 75 FT INSIDE THE PORTAL

Comment (Geology): EAST ADIT IS IN THE COLE CANYON DOLOMITE, WEST ADIT IS PROBABLY IN TEUTONIC LIMESTONE

References

Reference (Deposit): BULTER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA III.

Reference (Deposit): FOUTZ, D.R., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE WASH CANYON AREA, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 7, NO. 2.

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

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