Dyke #1 Claim

The Dyke #1 Claim is a gold mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,362 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dyke #1 Claim
Secondary: This Claim Was Originally Staked As the Copperhead
Secondary: By Which It Is Most Well Known. It Was Staked As the Gold Chief
Secondary: Claims From 1925-1950. It Was Also Known As the Black Diamond In
Secondary: 1929. It Is Part of A Group of 6 Claims That Obtained Its Present
Secondary: Name From Its Present Owners

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Detroit

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Dudley Crafts, J. Shoenberger
Years: 1969 -

Owner Name: Ward Leasing Co.?
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Drum Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: A Faulted Homocline Striking N 20 Deg. W And Dipping 30 Deg. Sw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silification, Jasperoid, Marble

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): IT IS REPORTED THAT A SLAB OF NATIVE COPPER THE SIZE OF A MANS HEAD WAS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY, THUS THE NAME "COPPERHEAD"

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MR. D.E. CRAFTS OF DELTA INDICATED THAT IN 1934 THE INCLINE SHAFT BOTTOMED AT 178 FT AND WAS MINED OUT

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 FOR COPPERHEAD SHAFT, IMPROPERLY LABELED "IBEX" ON TOPO MAP

Comment (Production): BY 1902 10,000 TONS OF $10.00 ORE HAD BEEN BLOCKED OUT ON THE HUMES WINZE. WITH LARGER BLOCKS ON THE 125 FT & 175 FT LEVELS. THE GRANDPA WINZE BLOCKED 20,000 TONS

Comment (Development): THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY HAS IN ITS FILES MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL WORK OF GUY CRANE & OTHERS INCLUDING MAPS, SURVEYS, ASSAYS, DRAWINGS, SKETCHES, CORRESPONDANCE, & OTHER USEFULL INFORMATION

Comment (Geology): THE SEDIMENTRY UNITS LISTED ABOVE CORRELATE WITH MIDDLE AND UPPER CAMBRIAN FORMATIONS OF THE HOUSE RANGE, IE: TATOW, HOWELL, DOME, SWASEY, WHEELER, MARJUM, AND WEEKS

Comment (Deposit): THE TERT QTZ. MONZ. PORPHYRY LISTED ABOVE (CRITTENDEN, 1961) IS VERY SIMILIAR TO THE MT. LAIRD TUFF (LINDSEY, 1979) AND ARE BELIEVED TO BE APOPHYSES FROM A BURIED PLUTON THAT IS THE UNCOLAPSED OR RESURGENT PORTION OF THE MAGMA CHAMBER OF THE MT. LAIRD TUFF ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Deposit): THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CENTRAL UTAH MINES CO., CONSISTED OF 144 CLAIMS, 93 OF WHICH WERE OWNED OUTRIGHT 45 PATENTED & 6 LOCATED, THIS CLAIM WAS ONE OF THE LOCATED (GOLD CHIEF GROUP).

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SURFACE TUNNEL, SEVERAL INCLINE & 2 COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFTS, SEVERAL DOZER CUTS AND PITS. WORKING LEVELS INCLUDE 125 FT & 178 FT. ONE SHAFT REACHED 500 FT IN 1934. AT LEAST 4 MAJOR ORE SHOOTS WERE DISCOVERED AND EXPLORED

Comment (Names): THIS CLAIM WAS ORIGINALLY STAKED AS THE COPPERHEAD, BY WHICH IT IS MOST WELL KNOWN. IT WAS STAKED AS THE GOLD CHIEF CLAIMS FROM 1925-1950. IT WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLACK DIAMOND IN 1929. IT IS PART OF A GROUP OF 6 CLAIMS THAT OBTAINED ITS PRESENT NAME FROM ITS PRESENT OWNERS

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK: 1916 PT 1, P. 443; 1917 PT. 1, P. 189; 1918 PT. 1, P. 389; 1919 PT 1., P. 435

Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MARCH 30, 1916, P. 17

Reference (Deposit): CRANE, G.W., 1934, GEOLOGY AND EVALUATION OF COMPANY HOLDINGS IN THE DETROIT DISTRICT: REPORT TO MR. FRANK SYLVESTER, PRESIDENT OF UTAH CENTRAL MINES COMPANY FROM G.W. CRANE, CONSULTING GEOLOGIST, MARCH 15, 1934, MAPS, SURVEYS, ASSAYS, ETC.

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

Reference (Deposit): 1941 DIREXPL USBM DIAMOND DRILLING

Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL 1082-H

Reference (Production): CRANE, G.W., 1934, COMPANY REPORT: UTAH CENTRAL MINES CO.

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, UT: USGS BULL. 1082-H

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., 1969, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DYKE CLAIMS, SEC. 36, T14S, R11W, DRUM MTNS, JUAB COUNTY UTAH: UT GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY RI #41.

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