The Golden Ray Adit is a gold and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.94278, -112.12889
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Golden Ray Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Ray Adit
Secondary: Chief Consolidated Group
Secondary: West Mammoth
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Main Tintic Mining District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front
Type: L
Description: Between Beck Fault And Centennial Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CUT ALL CAMBRIAN FORMATIONS FROM OPHIR FM. TO COLE CANYON DOLOMITE. 2.5-8.0 OZ. AG AND $1.92 IN AU FROM ASSAYS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL WITH A SOUTH AND SE DRIFT, SOME CROSSCUTS, A WINZE 300 FT DEEP IN THE SE DRIFT ABOUT 825 FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE AND A SHORT DRIFT ON THE 300 FT LEVEL OF THE WINZE
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T. BULL. 1142-
Reference (Production): MORRIS, H.T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.
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