Mine detail: Summit Extension

Previously called 'Summit Extension ShaftSummit Extension Incline, Silver King WesternSilver King Coalition Mines Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.61633, -111.55745

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Alta Stock, Porphyritic Phase
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Conttonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Northeast Striking Fissure
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:	Pyrification, Bleaching, Iron Staining, Gypsum Veining, Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011927
DEP	10014863
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.