Silver Riddle Mines

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015664
MRDS ID DB01744
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Riddle Mines
Related records 10129830

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.69225, 41.57548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1777
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF SHEEP TRAIL SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 016W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette Limestone;Chainman Shale
    Rock description Guilmette Limestone;Chainman Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.69225, 41.57548

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Length 609.6M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Selective Beds Of Limestone, Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE SILVER RIDDLE GROUP

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SCATTERED WORKINGS, LONGEST ADITS 130 FT. - INCLINES, SHAFTS, BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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