Mine detail: Crescent Tunnel

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition Group'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.62716, -111.53717
dep_id: 10101658
mrds_id: D006403
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Bindheimite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Park City Anticline
Reporter: Johnson, Elizabeth A.
hrock_unit: Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Thrust Belt
tectonic: Uinta Uplift And Cottonwood Uplift
disc_yr: 1889
discr: Martin Mcgrath And W.H. Dodge
References:
  • Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1966, GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535.
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURV. OFR-22.
  • Deposit:: ERICKSON, A.J., (ED.), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 22.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, M.D., 1912, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 77.
  • Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ-53
  • Production:: ERICKSON, A.J., (ED.), 1968, THE PARK CITY DIST.: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 22.
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