Mine detail: Scottish Chief Mine

Previously called 'Silver King Consolidated Mines CompanyInsleyOld InsleySilver King Western'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.623, -111.56911
dep_id: 10014861
mrds_id: D011923
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Anglesite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Garnet, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Bleaching And Calc-Silicate Development In Limestones, Argillic Alteration Of Dike, Oxidation
conc_proc: Precipitation From Hydrothermal-Magmatic Solutions In Skarn And Fissure Environments
ore_ctrl: Favorable Beds, Fissures, Proximity To Dikes
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Diorite Porphyry Dike
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, N15e Striking Fissures And Dike, Shallow Nw Dipping Bedding
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Year first produced: 1895
yr_lst_prd: 1930
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
  • Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
  • Deposit:: BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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