Mine detail: Indian Chief Prospect

Previously called 'Yellow Jacket Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.99161, -112.74025

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Structure:Basin And Range
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSRE00203
DEP10088987
Reference{Deposit:: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY 6268, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH}{Deposit:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 455-456.}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M., 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS}{Deposit:: THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDISN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.}{Production:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, P. 456}
ReporterMessenger, Harold M. III