Raymond Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088769
MRDS ID M058519
Record type Site
Current site name Raymond Prospect
Alternate or previous names Raymond-Illinois Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12468, 39.96023 (WGS84)
Elevation 2021
Relative position 5100 FT DUE SOUTH OF PACKARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 13 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF COLE CANYON ON NORTH EXTENSION OF KEYSTONE RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fish Haven Dolomite;Bluebell Dolomite
    Rock description Fish Haven Dolomite;Bluebell Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1918, ONE MILE OF TUNNEL 1500, FEET OF SHAFT, AND DIAMOND DRILLING FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT

Comments on development

  • IDLE SINCE 1914. NO RECORDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII, P. 1416.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO RECORD-PERHAPS ACCESSED GEMINI ZONE
Deposit RAYMOND IS SAME AS PROPERTY OF RAYMOND ILLINOIS MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references