The Redmond Silver Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 5,505 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: 5,505 Feet (1,678 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.01556, -111.80889
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Redmond Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Redmond Silver Mine
Secondary: Salina Zinc
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Redmond District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Mine Is On A Fault (N 40 E Strike, 75 Nw Dip). The Fault Has Placed Arapien Shale Against The Green River Fm. The District Lies On A Northeast-Trending Anticline.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE MINED IN 1929 AVERAGED 25 - 30 % ZN
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS IN THE MINE. EXPLORATION MAY FIND ADDITIONAL ORE.
Comment (Production): THE LEAD AND ZINC PRODUCTION FIGURES AND THE PRODUCTION YEARS ARE OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT 100 - 200 FT. DEEP, 900 FT. OF BULLDOZER CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF US, PT. 2 , UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 85 - 86 .
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. OPEN-FILE REPORT NO. 22 , P. 336 - 342 .
Reference (Production): HEYL, 1963
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