The Red Mountain Occurrence is a gold and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 11,440 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 11,440 Feet (3,487 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.80083, -113.93861
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Red Mountain Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Mountain Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ROCK SAMPLE R-65: 0.44 PPM AU, 0.96 PPM AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): SAMPLE R-65, LIMONITIC QUARTZITE, WAS TAKEN 200 FT BELOW PEGMATITE DIKE NEAR THE SUMMIT OF RED MOUNTAIN (SATKOSKI AND SOKASKI, 1980).
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ROCK WARRANTS ADDITIONAL PROSPECTING ACCORDING TO SATKOSKI AND SOKASKI.
Comment (Commodity): AU AND AG CONTENT OF ROCK SAMPLE WAS HIGHEST OF SOME 70 ROCK AND PAN CONCENTRATE SAMPLES COLLECTED ON THE GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION BY SATKOSKI AND SOKASKI.
Comment (Geology): SAMPLE R-65 IS LIMONITIC QUARTZITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SATKOSKI, JACK J., AND SOKASKI, MICHAEL, 1980, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEVADA AND UTAH: REPORT BIA NO. 13-11, P. 11, PLATE 4, APPENDIX 5
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