Mine detail: Hanauer Tunnel

Previously called 'Walker and Webster MineKearns-Keith MineSilver King Coalition GroupUnited Park City Mines'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.62411, -111.52022
dep_id: 10014905
mrds_id: D012007
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
other_matl: Pyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Replacement Of Pure Limestone Beds, Precipitation Of Ore Minerals In Fissures
ore_ctrl: Northeast Striking Fissures, Proximity Of Favorable Limestone Beds To Fissures
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Park City Formation;Thaynes Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
arock_unit: Intermediate Dikes
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Park City Anticline, Iron Hollow Syncline, Northeast Striking Crescent Fissure Zone, Northwest Dipping Bedding
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
disc_yr: 1869
discr: Ephraim Hanks
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:: BARNES, M.P., AND SIMOS, J.S., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: AM. INST. METALL. ENG., V. II, P. 1102
  • 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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