Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, PIPE
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissures, Intersections Between Fissures And Favorable Beds, Proximity To Dikes
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite · Maxfield Limestone;Gardison Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Alta Stock;Alaskite And Diorite, Dikes
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Uplift, Cordilleran Hingline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Grizzly Thrust Fault Several Northeast Striking Fissures
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorada Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
AlterationBleaching, Minor Silicification, Contact Metamorphism, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1919
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014874
MRDS IDD011946
Alternate namesSilver King Tunnel, Copper Prince Tunnel, Alta Consolidated Mining Company, Brooklyn Adit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.59633, -111.62134
References
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, 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534