Mine detail: Alliance Tunnel

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition Mine'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.62633, -111.50495
dep_id: 10011493
mrds_id: D006406
mas_id: 490430053
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Zinc, Gold
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Bindheimite, Cerussite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Park City Anticline
Reporter: Johnson, Elizabeth A., Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Thrust Belt, Uplift
tectonic: Uinta Uplift And Cottonwood
Year first produced: 1893
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.: USGS Map. GQ-535.
  • Deposit:: Erickson, A.J., (Ed.), 1966, Park City District: Utah Geol. Society Guidebook 22.
  • Deposit:: Perry, L.I., 1976, Lead And Zinc In Utah: Utah Geologic And Mineral Survey OFR-22.
  • Production:: Erickson, A.J., (Ed.), 1966, The Park City District: Utah Geol. Society Guidebook 22.
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