The Richmond and Teresa Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.60111, -111.61806
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Richmond and Teresa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Richmond and Teresa Mine
Secondary: Richmond Claim
Secondary: Teresa Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1887
Discovery Year: 1867
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cordilleran Hinge Line, Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fissures And Normal Faults, Grizzly Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Bleaching And Silicification, Secondary Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1860'S
Comment (Development): FIRST PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 1870 AND THE END OF PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 1887 WITH A LITTLE WORK DONE IN 1926
Comment (Deposit): ORE WAS FOUND AS TABULAR AND PIPE-LIKE BODIES IN FISSURE VEINS AND LIMESTONE REPLACEMENTS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Commodity): ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION IS FOR PB AND AG
Comment (Production): ORE FROM RICHMOND CLAIM VALUED AT $115 PER TON IN LEAD AND SILVER. REPORTED VALUE OF ORE PRODUCED THROUGH 1880 IS $150,000. MINOR PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1881 AND 1887 AND IN 1926.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE AT LEAST 200 FT DEEP AND CONSIST OF AT LEAST 5 SHAFTSAND INTERCONNECTING ADITS. TWO OF THE SHAFTS ARE INCLINED AND FOLLOW MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY MAP SHOWS LOWER MOST THRUST OF GRIZZLY THRUST ZONE PASSING THROUGH MINE AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
Reference (Production): BUTLER, B.S., 1920
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
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