Ontario Drain Tunnel No. 2 Portal

Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Iron
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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106651
MRDS ID D006435
Record type Site
Current site name Ontario Drain Tunnel No. 2 Portal
Alternate or previous names Park-Utah Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.43939, 40.63466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 7000 FT W OF KEETLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(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)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Breccia Of Silver Creek;Thaynes Formation And Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Qtz
    Rock description Breccia Of Silver Creek;Thaynes Formation And Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Qtz

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.43939, 40.63466

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Frog Valley Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Noranda Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner United Park City Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR PARK-UTAH GROUP IN GENERAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BIXBY, MAYNARD, 1959, UTAH MINERALS AND LOCALITIES: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURV., REPRINT NO. 60 PAGE 10.

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1971. GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUADRANGLE: U.S.G.S. GQ-852.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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