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Regulator Johnson Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  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 10088734
MRDS ID M058318
Record type Site
Current site name Regulator Johnson Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver King Claims, Wasatch Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67023, 40.60244 (WGS84)
Elevation 3085
Relative position 4000 FT N03E OF SUPERIOR PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 002E 36 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE SILVER KING WORKINGS LIE 1110 FT N 60 E OF HERE AND THE WASATCH GOLD 3800FT N 15 W OF THIS LOCAITON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation On Upper Section Of Workings, Sericitization, Chloritization, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till
    Rock unit name Mineral Fork Tillite
    Rock description Mineral Fork Tillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67023, 40.60244
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silver King Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. A. Rich

Comments on the production information

  • 3 SMALL SHIPMENTS AROUND 1930 YIELDED $28.40 PER TON. 72 SMALL SHIPMENTS BY THE MOUNTAIN MINE CO. PRIOR TO 1950 YIELDED ABOUT $50.5000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M

Comments on the workings information

  • WASATCH GOLD ADIT 3,174 FT IN LENGTH, WORKINGS TOTAL 5,000 FT.

Comments on development

  • J. (REGULATOR) JOHNSON OPERATED THE SILVER KING CLAIMS IN THE 1870S, BIG COTTONWOOD SILVER KING, WASATCH GOLD MINES CO. AND OTHERS WERE LATER OPERATORS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG 57-58.

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 58-59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SILVER KING MINERALIZED FISSURE IS THE STRUCTURE EXPLORED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. 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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