Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Zinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissures, Proximity Of Favorable Limestone Beds To Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Limestone · Park City Formation;Thaynes Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Intermediate Dikes
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Park City Anticline, Iron Hollow Syncline, Northeast Striking Crescent Fissure Zone, Northwest Dipping Bedding
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1882
Last production1893
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10014907
MRDS IDD012009
Alternate namesSilver King Coalition Group, United Park City Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.62494, -111.53578
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.SL, LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111, 672 PP.BARNES, 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: AM. INST. METALL, ENG., V. II, P. 1102BAKER, A.A., CALKINS. F.D., CRITTENDEN, MD.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534BARNES AND SIMOS, 1968