Mine detail: Redmond Silver Mine

Previously called 'Salina Zinc'

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.01552, -111.80966
dep_id: 10041854
mrds_id: M057699
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hydrozincite, Smithsonite
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
ore_ctrl: Along A Fault Zone
Reporter: Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)
hrock_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.
prod_yrs: 1906 , 12 , 16 , 29 , 30 , 41 , 44 , 47 , 50 , 56 , 68
References:
  • 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
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