Mine detail: Spiro Tunnel

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition Mine'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.65911, -111.51772
dep_id: 10011488
mrds_id: D006400
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Bindheimite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Jenny Bed Of Park City Fm.
Reporter: Johnson, Elizabeth A.
hrock_unit: Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Thrust Belt, Park City Anticline
tectonic: Uinta Uplift And Cottonwood Uplift
disc_yr: 1889
discr: Martin Mcgrath And W.H. Dodge
References:
  • Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL., 1966, GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY OFR-22.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICTS: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 77.
  • Deposit:: ERICKSON, A.J., (ED.), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 22.
  • Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ53
  • Production:: ERICKSON, A.J., (ED.), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 22.
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