Mine detail: Creole Tunnel

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition Mine'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.64605, -111.50161
dep_id: 10011489
mrds_id: D006401
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena
orebody_fm: LENS/TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Fractures And Fissures
Reporter: Mohammad, Hasan
hrock_unit: Weber Quartzites;Park City Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Thrust Belt, Fault - Striking N30 35e And Dipping 59 Nw
tectonic: Uinta Uplift And Cottonwood Uplift
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1966, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 76, P. 35.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 77, 230 P.
  • Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL., 1966, GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535.
  • Deposit:: ERICKSON, A.J. (ED.), 1968, PARK CITY DIST.: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 22.
  • Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ-53
  • Production:: ERICKSON, A.J. (ED), 1968, PARK CITY DIST. UT. GEOL. SOCIETY; GUIDEBOOK NO 22
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