Mine detail: Scottish Chief Mine

Previously called 'Silver King Mining Co. Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.62272, -111.56939

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Silver
Gangue:	Garnet, Limonite
Orebody form:	SINOUS POD SHAPED SHOOT

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1902-1904

Geology

Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Limestone Is Metamorphosed To A Hard Whitish And Greenish Hornfels Containing Diopside And Scapolite.

References

MRDS	DC14131
DEP	10020852
Reference	{Deposit:: BOUTWELL,J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DIST.: USGS PROF. PAPER 77, P. 224-225.}{Deposit:: CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 112.}{Deposit:: JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 82-86.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-13-1958}{Production:: JAMES, 1979, P. 85}
Reporter	Unknown, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)