Mine detail: Thaynes Shaft

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition GroupUnited Park City Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.62494, -111.53911

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Thaynes Formation;Park City Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:	Intermediate Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Iron Hollow Syncline, Crescent Fissure
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D012021
DEP	10014913
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.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.