Godiva Mine

The Godiva Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,031 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Godiva Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: The Anaconda Copper Co., Div Of Atlantic Richfield Corp

Owner Name: Godiva Mining Co.; Mcchrystal Family

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: North

Type: L
Description: Northwest Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Arillization Of Latite

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.03 OUNCES AU
Analytical Data: REPORTED 1925 AS 25 PERCENT PB, 12 OUNCES AG

Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ADIT OR 200 LEVEL WHICH CONNECTS TO SHAFT LYING 650 FEET TO SOUTHWEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Workings): 1200 FOOT SHAFT 150 FOOT WINZE FROM BOTTOM IN 1925. MAIN WORK DONE ON 900 AND ABOVE TO 1917.

Comment (Geology): EXTENSIVE DECOMPOSITION OF QUARTZ LATITE IN VICINITY MAY BE DUE TO HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION

Comment (Development): IN 1925 COMPANY WAS STILL RUN BY ITS INCORPORATORS, PACKARD AND MCCHRYSTAL

Comment (Deposit): EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION HAS FAILED TO FIRED NORTHERN EXTENSIONS OF THESE ORE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

References

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W., AND SMITH G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME III, PAGE 748.

Reference (Deposit): NEALE, W.G., 1927, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVII, NEW YORK, THE MINES HANDBOOK CO., P. 1492.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E., P 1060.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MININ DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

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