Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -113.8164, 40.09021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Relative position 2100 FT N 25 W OF MONTEZUMA PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 25,36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE SE OF SE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE ALMOST COMPLETELY OXIDIZED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8164, 40.09021

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 85 NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Favorable Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1923
    Period 1922-1923
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^18.1 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 511g/mt
  • Year 1923
    Period 1922-1923
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.035 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 1g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 ORE-BEARING FISSURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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