Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Zinc
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissures, Intersection Of Fissures And Favorable Bedding Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Jamesonite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale
Associated rockPlutonic Rock · Intermediate Dikes
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Iron Hollow Syncline, Northeast Striking Fissures
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1881
Last production1925
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10087985
MRDS IDD012012
Alternate namesSilver King Coalition Group, United Park City Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.62216, -111.54411
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: AM. INST. METALL. EN., V.II, P. 1102