Mine detail: Chief No. 1 Mine

Previously called 'Chief Con.'

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Location: Juab County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.95078, -112.11773
dep_id: 10020083
mrds_id: DC12525
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold, Cadmium, Copper
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Plumbojarosite, Proustite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
orebody_fm: POD, PIPELIKE, AND VEIN DEPOSITS ALL IRREGULARLY INTERCONNECTED
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation To The 1800 Ft Level; Limestones Were Dolomitized, Pyritized, And Jasperoidized Prior To Ore Deposition.
conc_proc: Ascending Hydrothermal Ore Fluids.
ore_ctrl: Northeast Trending Strike-Slip Faults.
Reporter: Unknown, Wong, George (Morris, H.T.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite,Quartz Latite
Structure: The Mine Is On The West Limb And In The Trough Of The Tintic Syncline. Beds In The Limb Are Steep To Overturned. East Beck Fault(N 60 E, Steep Nw); Millionaire Row Fault(N 60 E, Irregular N); Intermediate Fault(N 77 E, 75 S); Leadville Reverse Fault(N 75 E, Steep Se); Bulkhead Fault(N 75 W, 65-85 Sw).
prod_yrs: 1909-1956
References:
  • Deposit:: COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3 , P. 80 - 93
  • Deposit:: USBM MIN. RES. 1923-1933
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 205 - 207
  • Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT,UTAH: IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U. S., 1933-1967, AIME GRATON-SALES VOLUME 2, P. 1043-1073.
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