The Cedar Ridge Mining Co is a zinc mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.
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Cedar Ridge Mining Co MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cedar Ridge Mining Co
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Promontory Point 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Strata Cut By Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 20 - 52 % ZN
Materials
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Smithsonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THERE ARE THREE LIME - SHALE CONTACTS, EACH OF THESE CONTACTS IS MINERALIZED WITH ZINC ORE.
Comment (Deposit): THE CLAIMS COVER AN AREA OF APPROX. 50 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): ADITS FOLLOWING THE CONTACT ZONES
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS WHERE FISSURES AND FRACTURES INTERSECT THE LIME-SHALE CONTACT
References
Reference (Deposit): PROMONTORY POINT ZINC DEPOSITS: SALT LAKE MIN. REVIEW, V. 17 , NO. 18 , P. 96 - 97 , JAN. 15 , 1916
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. B 37 , 1963
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