Mine detail: Redmond Silver Mine

Previously called 'Salina Zinc'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.01552, -111.80966

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Hydrozincite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1906 , 12 , 16 , 29 , 30 , 41 , 44 , 47 , 50 , 56 , 68

Geology

Host type:	Shale
Structure:	The Mine Is On A Fault (N 40 E Strike, 75 Nw Dip). The Fault Has Placed Arapien Shale Against The Green River Fm. The District Lies On A Northeast-Trending Anticline.

References

MRDS	M057699
DEP	10041854
Reference	{Deposit:: HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF US, PT. 2 , UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 85 - 86 .}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. OPEN-FILE REPORT NO. 22 , P. 336 - 342 .}{Production:: HEYL, 1963}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)