The Richmond and Teresa Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,751 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: 9,751 Feet (2,972 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.60111, -111.61944
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Richmond and Teresa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Richmond and Teresa Mine
Secondary: Davenport
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PIPE-LIKE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Grizzly Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1873 : 60 - 70 OZ AG, 12 - 18 % PB
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE DERIVED FROM DECOMPOSITION OF ARGENTIFEROUS ANTIMONIAL GALENA. IT IS VERY FERRUGINOUS.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY IS 1800 X 100 FT.
Comment (Production): $600,000 TO 1880 . NO PRODUCTION AFTER 1880
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 250 FT ADIT, AND TWO INCLINE SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 130.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 79.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-21-1958
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