Mine detail: Alliance Tunnel

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.62633, -111.50495

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Bindheimite, Cerussite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1889

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D006406
MAS	490430053
DEP	10011493
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Johnson, Elizabeth A., Tripp, Bryce T.