Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractured And Brecciated Margins Of Diorite Porphyry Dike Within The Comstock-Massachusetts Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone · Thaynes Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Massachusetts Dike
StructureUinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Iron Hollow Syncline, Comstock-Massachusetts Fault, Striking East-Northeast, And Dipping To The Southeast
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transtion Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Last production1925
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10101916
MRDS IDD012011
Alternate namesSilver King Coalition Group, United Park City Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.623, -111.54217
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 OTHER, 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.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