Mine detail: Iowa Copper Mine

Previously called 'Silver King Mining Co. Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.61744, -111.56856

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1916-1920

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	In The Southern End Of The Workings, The Limestone Is Intensely Bleached And Argillized Near The Bottom Of The Park City Fm.

References

MRDS	DC14679
DEP	10021013
Reference	{Deposit:: CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 113.}{Deposit:: USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1920.}{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, 09-24-1962}{Production:: JAMES, 1979, P. 85}
Reporter	Unknown, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)