| Deposit ID | 10098076 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14048 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ridge and Valley Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.1219, 39.95828 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1975 |
| Relative position | 5700 FT. S 3 E OF PACKARD PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 003W | 13 | NE OF SW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Pinyon Peak Limestone;Victoria | ||
| Rock description | Pinyon Peak Limestone;Victoria | ||
| |||
| (1) | Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation |
|---|
| Strike | N |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 |
| Plunge direction | N |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gemni Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chief Consolidated Mining Co. |
| Home office | New York, Ny. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Overall depth | 548.64M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14048 |
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.
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.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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.
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 2: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1135-B.
MORRIS, H.T., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E., NEW YORK, PP. 1043-1073.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FOUR SUBZONES OR CHANNELS WERE MOVED OR EXPLORED HERE AND TO SOUTH SMALL COMPARED TO ADJACENT GEMINI. |
| Deposit | THIS IS NORTHERNMOST MINE ON GEMINI ORE CHANNEL. MINES WAS ABANDONED AT ELEVATION 4500 FT. BECAUSE ORE DIMINISHED AND WATER INFLOW INCREAED. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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