Mine detail: Lucky Bill Shaft

Previously called 'Lucky Bill GroupUnited Park City Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60661, -111.5055

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1895

Geology

Host rock:	Weber Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Flagstaff Mountain Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Cottonwood - Uinta Arch, Park City Anticline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Quartzite And Intrusive Show Considerable Fracturing And Fissuring
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011997
DEP	10014898
Reference	{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77, 231 PP.}{Deposit:: ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITOR), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.}{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, 672 PP.}{Deposit:: BAKER, A.A. CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANTGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534}{Production:: BOUTWELL, 1912}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.