Mine detail: Unknown Shaft

Previously called 'Ontario Group'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.63161, -111.49384
dep_id: 10011503
mrds_id: D006422
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Replacement Bodies In Humbug Fm
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Weber Quartzite;Round Valley Limestone;Doughnut Formation;Humbug Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Limestone
Structure: Thrust Belt
tectonic: Cottonwood And Uinta Uplift
Year first produced: 1875
disc_yr: 1872
discr: Rector Steen, Et.Al.
References:
  • Deposit:: ERICKSON, A.J., 1968, THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 22.
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. OFR-22.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 77.
  • Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85
  • Production:: ERICKSON, A.J., 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UT.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 22
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