The Rough Rider #2 is a silver mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.20194, -113.35222
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Rough Rider #2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rough Rider #2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Harrisburg
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: 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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: St. George Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Virgin Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS ALONG 3 BED OF SANDSTONE AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH CLAY GALLS AND CARBON TRASH.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): WORKING CONSIST OF SEVERAL INCLINED ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P. D., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 44 , P. 157
Reference (Production): PROCTOR, P. D., 1953
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