Skoro Mine

The Skoro Mine is a silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,641 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Skoro Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Skoro 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: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Vipont Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: CENTER S 1/2 S 1/2

Comment (Workings): CAVED - 3 OR MORE ADITS

References

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, V. E., 1942 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ASHBROOK SILVER MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. 37 , P. 466 - 502 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

Reference (Deposit): 1942 GEOLMAP PETERSON, SOC. ECON GEOL. BULL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 .

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