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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Mine Info
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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