Gold Chain Mine

The Gold Chain Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Chain Mine
Secondary: British Tintic ? Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Chain Mining Co.
Home Office: C/O E. Steele Mcintyre Eureka, Ut.

Owner Name: Mammoth Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Form: OTHER VEIN, GOSSAN

Structure

Type: L
Description: Horizontal Ore Shoots Along Beddings

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2-14 OZ AG
Analytical Data: 1% ZN
Analytical Data: 50-70% SI
Analytical Data: 2-8% CU
Analytical Data: 0.6 OZ AU

Materials

Ore: Olivenite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Conichalcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): DRILLING BY W. BERYLLIUM, 70-272 FT DEEP

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 220 FT ADIT WITH 40 FT WINZE. 200 FT N. IS OPEN CUT WITH 40 FT ADIT. 1500 FT EAST IS A 70 FT. ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Development): 1600 LEVEL OF MAMMOTH PRODUCED ORE 1930S. EXPLORED 1926 FROM 1800 LEVEL OF LOWER MAMMOTH

Comment (Deposit): STRIKES NORTH TO WEST OF MAMMOTH PIPE

Comment (Workings): OLD SHAFT CAVED INTO STOPES, DANGEROUS. A JAX ADIT 400 FEET FROM PORTAL

Comment (Geology): LINDGREN, 1919, DESCRIBES DEPOSITS; N50A IS A DIKE

Comment (Deposit): $3 MILLION IN PRODUCTION FROM A JAX AND GOLD CHAIN MINES 1899-1917, IN CU, AG, AU ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM

Comment (Location): HEAD OF CANYON WEST OF MAMMOTH; EAST SLOPE OF MAMMOTH PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

References

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

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., JR., AND SMITH, G.O., 1898, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT VOL. III.

Reference (Deposit): MCINTYRE, E.S., PERSONAL INTERVIEW, OCTOBER 1983.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE J.D., EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME, AIME.

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