The Raymond Prospect is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,631 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,631 Feet (2,021 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.96028, -112.12389
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Raymond Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Raymond Prospect
Secondary: Raymond-Illinois Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF COLE CANYON ON NORTH EXTENSION OF KEYSTONE RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): IDLE SINCE 1914. NO RECORDS.
Comment (Deposit): NO RECORD-PERHAPS ACCESSED GEMINI ZONE
Comment (Workings): AS OF 1918, ONE MILE OF TUNNEL 1500, FEET OF SHAFT, AND DIAMOND DRILLING FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): RAYMOND IS SAME AS PROPERTY OF RAYMOND ILLINOIS MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII, P. 1416.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
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