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Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251853
MRDS ID D006405
MAS/MILS ID 0490430042
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Alternate or previous names Woodside Mine
Related records 10011492, 10202861

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.51298, 40.63164 (WGS84)
Elevation 2493
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

Park City West(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 20 SWSENE Utah

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcanthite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Electrum Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hemimorphite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Mimetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Pyromorphite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.51298, 40.63164
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 20W
    Thickness 210M
    Length 400M
    Width 1828M
    Area 40HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    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 N75E:20W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    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 Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Year of first production 1892

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
  • Type Operator
    Owner Park City Ventures
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1212M
    Overall depth 182M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 330
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    2nd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH IN

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 77 BY BOUTWELL DATED 1913 PAGES 178-188

  • Deposit

    FLOURITE OCCURENCES IN UTAH BY K.C. BULLOCK UNPUBLISHED REPO

  • Deposit

    THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES AND TO BE PUBLISHES BY UTAH GEO. MI

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION O

  • Deposit

    MAYFLOWER LODE BY M. BARNES AND J. SIMOS IN ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    1933-1967 PP. 1103-1126 DATED 1968

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 111 BY B.S. BUTLER P. 301 DATED 1920

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVEIW JAN. 15, 1914 P.2-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE IS FLOODED BELOW THE 1300-FOOT LEVEL THE MINE HAS ABOUT A 5000 GAL. A MINUTE FLOW OF WATER FROM T PARK CITY VENTURES IS JOINT BETWEEN ANACONDA AND ASARCO.

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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