Daly West Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251778
MRDS ID D012001
MAS/MILS ID 0490430046
Record type Site
Current site name Daly West Mine
Alternate or previous names Anchor Mine, Quincy Mine, Daly Judge Mine, Little Bell Shaft
Related records 10014901

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.51158, 40.61554 (WGS84)
Elevation 2551
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

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)

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 002 S 004 E 29 NENESE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Bournonite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Zinkenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Diamond Creek Sandstone and Kirkman Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 200M
    Length 1375M
    Width 1000M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 250M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1891
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Park City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Park City Mines Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office 926 Kearns Bldg. Salt Lake City, UT
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 32000M
    Overall depth 700M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 5
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IS USED AS ESCAPEWAY BY ONTARIO MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION O

  • Deposit

    MAYFLOWER LODE IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. 1933-1967 BY BARN

  • Deposit

    SIMOS DATED 1968 PP. 1102-1126

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 77 BY BOUTWELL DATED 1912 PAGES 148-154

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references