Chief Mine

The Chief Mine is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,581 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chief Mine
Secondary: Chief #1 Mine
Secondary: Chief Consolidated #1

Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: 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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co., New York
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Wurtzite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Anglesite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): OF UTAH, NO. 12, P. 80-93

Reference (Deposit): TIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK TO G

Reference (Deposit): TAH IN GEOLOGY OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNT

Reference (Deposit): E TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS PRO. PAPER 107, P. 132, 167, 205-207

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT

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