Mine detail: Copper Apex Tunnel

Previously called 'Silver King WesternCrystal-ElginKennelly GroundScottSilver King Coalition Mines Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.61938, -111.5605

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1906
Last production ended:	1908

Geology

Host rock:	Woodside Shale
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Diorite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline, Northeast Striking Fissures, North Striking Dike
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Silicification, Iron Staining, Calc-Silicate Formation At Dike Margins, Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011925
DEP	10100693
Reference	{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.}{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.}{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.}{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}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.