Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Silver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNortheast Striking Fissures, Favorable Beds Adjacent To Fissures And Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueHematite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Woodside Shale
Associated rockDiorite · Diorite Porphyry
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Northeast Striking Fissures, North Striking Dike
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
AlterationBleaching, Silicification, Iron Staining, Calc-Silicate Formation At Dike Margins, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1906
Last production1908
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10100693
MRDS IDD011925
Alternate namesSilver King Western, Crystal-Elgin, Kennelly Ground, Scott, Silver King Coalition Mines Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.61938, -111.5605
References
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.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, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534