The Ridge and Valley Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,480 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: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.95833, -112.12111
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Ridge and Valley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ridge and Valley Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
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
Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: New York, Ny.
Owner Name: Gemni Mining Co.
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: 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: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerussite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALMOST WITHIN TOWN OF EUREKA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Commodity): RECORDED OF PRODUCER OF OXIDIZED ZN ORE 1912-13 AND 1915-1917
Comment (Development): LEAD ZINC ORE SUBSTANTIAL OUTPUT 1914
Comment (Deposit): FOUR SUBZONES OR CHANNELS WERE MOVED OR EXPLORED HERE AND TO SOUTH SMALL COMPARED TO ADJACENT GEMINI.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT APPARENTLY CONNECTED WITH EXTENSIVE WORKINGS TO SOUTH. NO DATA AVAILABLE ON DEPTH.
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS NORTHERNMOST MINE ON GEMINI ORE CHANNEL. MINES WAS ABANDONED AT ELEVATION 4500 FT. BECAUSE ORE DIMINISHED AND WATER INFLOW INCREAED. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): ORE FOLLOWS VERTICAL BEDS AND BEDDING PLANE FAULTS.
References
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.
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): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 2: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1135-B.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E., NEW YORK, PP. 1043-1073.
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