Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, TABULAR
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissures, Favorable Horizons At Base Of Park City Formation Adjacent To Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Weber Quartzite;Park City Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Intermediate Dikes
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Park City Anticline, Northeast Striking Fault Zones
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
AlterationOxidation To A Depth Of 300 Ft
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1891
Last production1965
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10014901
MRDS IDD012001
Alternate namesDaly West Group, United Park City Mines, Park Utah Consolidated Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.61522, -111.51134
References
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77, 231 PP.ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITOR), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.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, 672 PP.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-534BARNES, M.P., AND SIMOS, J.S., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: AMER. INST. METALL. ENG., V.II, P. 1102BOUTWELL, 1912, ERICKSON, 1968