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Richmond and Teresa Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021020
MRDS ID DC14706
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond and Teresa Mine
Alternate or previous names Davenport

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62022, 40.60105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2972
Relative position NORTH OF DAVENPORT HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY IS 1800 X 100 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE DERIVED FROM DECOMPOSITION OF ARGENTIFEROUS ANTIMONIAL GALENA. IT IS VERY FERRUGINOUS.

Analytical data

Result 1873 : 60 - 70 OZ AG, 12 - 18 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.62022, 40.60105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Grizzly Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PIPE-LIKE
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1870-1880

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Comments on the production information

  • $600,000 TO 1880 . NO PRODUCTION AFTER 1880

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 250 FT ADIT, AND TWO INCLINE SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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