| Deposit ID | 10087987 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D012020 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Columbia Raise |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver King Coalition Group, United Park City Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.53467, 40.61966 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2865 |
| Relative position | 2750 FT N36E FROM JUPITER HILL |
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)
Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)
Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Summit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 004E | 30 | NW OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Result | AVERAGE SILVER KING MINE ORE HAD GRADE OF .024 OZ/TON AU, 18.45 OZ/TON AG, 13.52, PB, .495% CU, 10.68% ZN |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Intermediate Dikes | ||||
| Rock description | Intermediate Dikes | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Thaynes Formation;Park City Formation |
| Rock description | Thaynes Formation;Park City Formation |
| (1) | Alluvium and colluvium |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Iron Hollow Syncline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Crescent Fissure |
| General form | TABULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| District name | Park City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Park City Mines Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D012020 |
ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITOR), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111, 672 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COLUMBIA RAISE ACCESSES WORKINGS OF THE OLD KEARNS AND KEITH MINE BUT WAS PUT IN AFTER 1912 WHEN PROPERTY WAS HELD BY THE SILVER KING COALITION MINES CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT MINED WAS PART OF THE EXTENSIVE REPLACEMENT HORIZON CALLED THE JENNY BED, JENNY BED IS PART OF THE LOWERMOST PARK CITY FORMATION. REPLACEMENT ORE COVERS LARGE AREA. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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