Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Gold
SecondaryLead
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, POD
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissures And Dikes
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Wad
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Park City Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Diorite Porphyry Dikes
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, American Zone Of Northeast Striking Fissures, Diorite Dikes, And Mineralization
Tectonic settingCordilleran Hingeline, Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
AlterationSilicification, Bleaching, And Calc-Silicate Formation Adjacent To Dikes, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Last production1918
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014860
MRDS IDD011921
Alternate namesAmerican Mine, Silver King Coalition Mines Company, Silver King Western
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.62327, -111.57717
References
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534