Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Gold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Weber Quartzite;Park City Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Intermediate Dikes
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Park City Anticline, Daly-Ontario Fault Zone
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1886
Last production1955
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10014903
MRDS IDD012003
Alternate namesUnited Park City Mines, Daly Group
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.6205, -111.50606
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 SIMAS, 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, BARNES AND SIMOS, 1968