Redmond Silver Mine

Past Producer in Sevier 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276253
MRDS ID M057699
MAS/MILS ID 0490410019
Record type Site
Current site name Redmond Silver Mine
Alternate or previous names Salina Zinc Mine
Related records 10041854

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.80967, 39.01556 (WGS84)
Elevation 1679
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redmond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.80967, 39.01556

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 75W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 300M
    Width 30M
    Area 16HA
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N40E:75W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADDITIONAL MINERAL TO P. A-8 IS HYDROZINCITE, CLASS (07)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Redmond

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 100M
    Overall depth 46M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARDY, C.T., 1952, EASTERN SEVIERVALLEY, SEVIER AND SANPETE

  • Deposit

    S, UTAH: UTAH GMS BULL. 43, P. 50-51

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATE

  • Deposit

    2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. B85-86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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