Mine detail: Crystal-Elgin Inclines

Previously called 'Kennelly GroundSilver King WesternSilver King Coalition Mines Company'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.62022, -111.55939
dep_id: 10014862
mrds_id: D011926
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, POD
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification, Iron Staining, Calc-Silicate Development, Oxidation
conc_proc: Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions In Fissures, Replacement Of Favorable Beds.
ore_ctrl: Northeast Striking Fissures, North Striking Dike, Favorable Beds
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Diorite Porphyry Dike
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Northeast Striking Fissures
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
yr_lst_prd: 1956
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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