| Deposit ID | 10041920 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057966 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mineral Hill |
| Related records | 10179364 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.8164, 40.09021 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2054 |
| Relative position | 2100 FT N 25 W OF MONTEZUMA PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 018W | 25,36 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -113.8164, 40.09021 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault Striking N 60 W And Dipping 30 Se With 5 Ft Throw |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 85 NW |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Year | 1923 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1922-1923 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^18.1 Oz/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1923 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1922-1923 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.035 Oz/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057966 |
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PA. 177, P. 163
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 177, P. 163
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3 ORE-BEARING FISSURES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Bureau of Land Management |
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