Ridge and Valley Mine

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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Mine Info

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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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