Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Beds, Fissures, Proximity To Dikes
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone · Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Diorite Porphyry Dike
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, N15e Striking Fissures And Dike, Shallow Nw Dipping Bedding
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
AlterationBleaching And Calc-Silicate Development In Limestones, Argillic Alteration Of Dike, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1895
Last production1930
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014861
MRDS IDD011923
Alternate namesSilver King Consolidated Mines Company, Insley, Old Insley, Silver King Western
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.623, -111.56911
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