Mine detail: Ontario Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.62411, -111.498

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper, Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rhodonite, Serpentine
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1872

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1873

Geology

Host rock:Doughnut And Humbug;Deseret Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Uinta Arch, Park City Anticline
Tectonic:Central Wasatch Range

References

MRDSD012036
DEP10087989
Reference{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, 230 P.}{Deposit:: ERICKSON, A.J., JR. (ED.), 1968, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH - PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 22, 100 P.}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., AND MC CARTHY, B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UGMS OFR-22.}{Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ - 864.}{Deposit:: BARNES, M.P. AND J.G. SIMOS, 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 - 1967 (GRATON - SALES): AIME, VOL. 2, CH. 53, P. 1103-1126, NEW YORK.}{Production:: ERICKSON, A.J., 1968, P. 2.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.