Lucky Bill Shaft

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014898
MRDS ID D011997
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Bill Shaft
Alternate or previous names Lucky Bill Group, United Park City Mines
Related records 10202832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.5055, 40.60661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2723
Relative position 2060 FT S 74 E FROM USLM 7

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 03 SE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Flagstaff Mountain Stock
    Rock description Flagstaff Mountain Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Weber Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.5055, 40.60661

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cottonwood - Uinta Arch, Park City Anticline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartzite And Intrusive Show Considerable Fracturing And Fissuring

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1895

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Park City Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION BUT THERE WAS PROBABLY A SMALL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 685.8M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IS AT LEAST 1000 FT BENEATH THE SURFACE WITH ADITS AT FOUR LEVELS. 200 FT LEVEL EXTENDS 250 FT NORTHEAST FROM THE SHAFT, 300 FT LEVEL EXTENDS 150 FT NORTHEAST OF THE SHAFT, 500 FT LEVEL EXTENDS 350 FT NORTHWEST OF THE SHAFT AND A 1000 FT LEVEL EXTENDS 500 FT SOUTH FROM THE SHAFT. ADITS TOTAL 1250 FT IN LENGTH. WORKINGS DO NOT CONNECT WITH THE MAIN PARK CITY NETWORK OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE EXPLORATION BEGAN IN THE 1880'S. BY 1888 THE TUNNEL WAS 775 FT LONG AND THE SHAFT 75 FT DEEP. IN 1892 A VEIN WAS STRUCK IN THE SHAFT AT A DEPTH OF 300 FT BUT NO ORE OF MUCH VALUE WAS FOUND. IN 1901 AND 1902 THERE WAS SPECULATION THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS THE APEX OF THE DALY WEST AND QUINCY ORE BODIES, BUT THIS WAS LATER SHOWN TO BE FALSE, PROPERTY INACTIVE SINCE 1902, PROPERTY NOW PART OF THE UNITED PARK CITY MINES CO. HOLDINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE REPORTED HIT AT THE 300 FT LEVEL IN THE SHAFT. NO MAJOR ORE BODIES WERE EVER FOUND. ORE IS PRESUMABLY PB-AG TYPE LOCATED IN VEINS WITH NORTHEAST STRIKE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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