Mine detail: Silver King Mine

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.63161, -111.51328

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Manganese
Ore:	Anglesite, Bindheimite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	POD/LENS/TABULAR
Discovery year:	1889

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1893

Geology

Host rock:	Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite;Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Thrust Belt, Park City Anticline
Tectonic:	Cottonwood And Uinta Uplifts

References

MRDS	D006405
DEP	10011492
Reference	{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL., 1966, GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, MAX., D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, 62 P.}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., AND MCCARTHY, B.M., LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 27, P. 361.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1966, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUV., BULL. 76, P. 36.}{Deposit:: 5) BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH USGS PROF. PAPER 77, 230 P.}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ-53}{Production:: ERICKSON, A.J., 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 22.}
Reporter	Mohammad, Hasan