Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Manganese, Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155350
MAS/MILS ID 0490450030
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.5616, 39.96664 (WGS84)
Elevation 2084

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erickson Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 006 W 07 NWSE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Manganite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 70W
    Length 125M
    Width 0M
    Area 32HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N40W:70W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • 75 ORE IS A MINOR OCCURRENCE 75 MANGANESE OXIDE IS AN OXIDIZATION PRODUCT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner I. X L Mining Corp. O/O Mrs Earl J Clinger
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 529M
    Overall depth 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 424
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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