Mine detail: West Quincy Shaft

Previously called 'Judge GroupUnited Park City Mines Co.West Quincy Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60605, -111.518

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Flagstaff Mountain Stock;Clayton Peak Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Bleaching, Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDS	D011991
DEP	10014895
Reference	{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.D., CRITTENDEN, MD.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: US.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.