Mine detail: Lucky Bill Shaft

Previously called 'Lucky Bill GroupUnited Park City Mines'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.60661, -111.5055
dep_id: 10014898
mrds_id: D011997
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc, Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Fractures And Fissures
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Weber Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Flagstaff Mountain Stock
arock_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
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1895
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • 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
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