Mine detail: Park City District

Previously called 'Silver King MinesTreasure HillOntario'

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Location: Wasatch, Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.65164, -111.50358
dep_id: 60001647
mrds_id: W002889
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: FISSURE VEINS, BEDDED REPLACEMENT
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: HYDROTHERMAL, OXIDATION
conc_proc: LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT
ore_ctrl: FISSURES NEAR INTRUSIVE BODIES
Structure: PARK CITY ANTICLINE, NE; LOCAL DOMING BY INTRUSIVES SIX IMPORTANT ZONES OF FAULTING; COMPOUND OVERTHRUST, UINTA ANTICLINE (ENE TO WSW)
Year first produced: 1971
disc_yr: 1869
discr: Rufus Walker, Ephriam Hanks
References:
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J. M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH; USGS PROF. PAPER 77, 231P.
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, N. C. ED, 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE WASATCH AND UINTA MTS. TRANSITION AREA; SALT LAKE CITY, IAPG LOTT, ANNFIELD CONF.
  • Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, AH AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, USGS PROF. PAPER 610, 283P.
  • Deposit:: JENNEY, WP, 1906, STRUCT. FEAT. OF ONTARIO MINERAL BELT, MIN AND SCI PRESS, VOL 92, P. 6, 24, 54, 108.
  • Deposit:: BLACKWELDER, ELIOT, 1910. NEW LIGHT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WASATCH MTS; GEOL SOC AMER BULL. VOL 21 P. 517-542.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, BS AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1915, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COTTONWOOD - AMERICAN FORK MINING REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 620, P. 165-266.
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, SF, 1877, DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY: U. S. GEOL. EXPLOR. 40TH PARALLEL, FINAL REPORT, VOL 2.
  • Deposit:: HOLLISTER, O.U. 1888, GOLD AND SILVER MINING IN UTAH: AM. INST. MIN. ENG, TRANS., VOL 16, P. 13.
  • Deposit:: BARNES, M.P., SIMOS, J. G., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DIST. WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE; IN RIDGE, J. D. ED, ORE DEPOSITS OF U. S. 1933- 1967, P. 1102.
  • Deposit:: JAMES, A.H., 1973. LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL STUDIES 44, JULY 1973 P. 26 - 32.
  • Deposit:: WHITE, L., 1975, ONTARIO PROJECT KEEPS MINING ALIVE IN UTA* HISTORIC PARK CITY DISTRICT; ENGIN. AND MINING JOUR. 2 - 76 P. 67 - 72.
  • Deposit:: GRANT, S.K., 1966, METALLIZATION AND PARAGENESIS IN THE PARK CITY DIST., UTAH, PHD THESIS, 183 P.
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