Unknown Tunnels and Prospects

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087284
MRDS ID D006114
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Tunnels and Prospects
Alternate or previous names Silver King Coalition Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49995, 40.64494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 4000 FT SW OF MASONIC HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

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

Analytical data

Result .0235 OZ AU/TON, 18.33 OZ AG/TON, 14.2 LBS PB/TON, 3.53 LBS ZN/TON, .487 LBS CU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Weber Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49995, 40.64494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description On West Limb Of Park City Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS AND ELEVEN PROSPECTS IN SEC 16 AND 21

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C S AND CRITTENDEN, M D, JR, 1971, GEOL MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD: USGS MAP GQ-852.

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, A J, 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL SEC GUIDEBOOK NO 22.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    ERICKSON, A J, 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE
Deposit PRODUCTION AND ASSAY DATA FOR SILVER KING COALITION GROUP IN GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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