The Skoro Mine is a silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,641 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,641 Feet (2,329 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 41.9625, -113.84417
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Skoro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Skoro Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Skoro Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Vipont Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: CENTER S 1/2 S 1/2
Comment (Workings): CAVED - 3 OR MORE ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, V. E., 1942 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ASHBROOK SILVER MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. 37 , P. 466 - 502 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
Reference (Deposit): 1942 GEOLMAP PETERSON, SOC. ECON GEOL. BULL
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 .
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