Richmond and Teresa Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101912
MRDS ID D011915
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond and Teresa Mine
Alternate or previous names Richmond Claim, Teresa Claim
Related records 10179012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61884, 40.60105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 7120 FT N57W FROM MT. MILLICENT

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 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION IS FOR PB AND AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Bleaching And Silicification, Secondary Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maxfield Limestone;Fitchville Formation
    Rock description Maxfield Limestone;Fitchville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.61884, 40.60105

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hinge Line, Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Striking Fissures And Normal Faults, Grizzly Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Striking Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY MAP SHOWS LOWER MOST THRUST OF GRIZZLY THRUST ZONE PASSING THROUGH MINE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1887

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORE FROM RICHMOND CLAIM VALUED AT $115 PER TON IN LEAD AND SILVER. REPORTED VALUE OF ORE PRODUCED THROUGH 1880 IS $150,000. MINOR PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1881 AND 1887 AND IN 1926.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE AT LEAST 200 FT DEEP AND CONSIST OF AT LEAST 5 SHAFTSAND INTERCONNECTING ADITS. TWO OF THE SHAFTS ARE INCLINED AND FOLLOW MINERALIZATION.

Comments on development

  • FIRST PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 1870 AND THE END OF PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 1887 WITH A LITTLE WORK DONE IN 1926

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS FOUND AS TABULAR AND PIPE-LIKE BODIES IN FISSURE VEINS AND LIMESTONE REPLACEMENTS.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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