Mine detail: Crescent Tunnel

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.62716, -111.53717

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Bindheimite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1889

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Thrust Belt
Tectonic:	Uinta Uplift And Cottonwood Uplift

References

MRDS	D006403
DEP	10101658
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Johnson, Elizabeth A.