| Deposit ID | 10300784 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D012036 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490430043 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ontario Mine |
| Related records | 10087989 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.49798, 40.62414 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2400 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Summit(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Heber City(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Summit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper River | 002 S | 004 E | 21 | SWSWSE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Cerargyrite | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Rhodochrosite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -111.49798, 40.62414 |
|---|
| Thickness | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 1200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 760M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 40HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 458M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1872 |
| Mining method | Combined Methods |
| Year of first production | 1873 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Park City District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Park City Mines Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | P. O. Box 1450 Park City, Ut |
| Year | 1995 |
| Year | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Description | Ore Mined 33154 Metric Tons |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 48280M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 450M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490430043 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D012036 | MAS references MRDS |
ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 VOL. 2 "ORE DEPO
THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER
BY M.P. BARNES & J.G. SIMOS PP. 1103-1126, AIME, GRANTON SAL
2,DATED 1968 ,
ENGINEERING & MINING JOUR. FEB. 1976 "ONTARIO PROJECT KEEPS
ALIVE IN UTAH'S HISTORIC PARK CITY DISTRICT" BY LANE&WHITE
"BRECCIA STRUCTURES IN THE ONTARIO MINE PARK CITY DISTRICT,
W.J. GARMOE IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. 1933-1967 PT.8 CHAP.
1127 DATED 1968.
"GEOLOGIC ASPECTS OF RECENT EXPLORATION IN THE PARK CITY SIL
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN MINING;
UTAH. OCT.,1979, PP. 166-167.
ERICKSON,JR, A.J. DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH
ORE ZONE ONTARIO MINE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH PREPRINT
NUMBER 70-I-33, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME.
1970, 12 PP.
HALL, C.J. AND PATRICIO, J. VENTILATION STUDIES AND SCAPE
PLANS FOR UNDERGROUND HARDROCK MINES. UNIVERSITY OF
IDAHO BUREAU OF MINING RESEARCH, MOSCOW, IDAHO. U.S.
BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT NO. SO 230037, 1973, PP. 138-140
INTERMOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, NORANDA EXPECTS LHD'S TO MAKE MINE
PROFITABLE (ONTARIO MINE). OCT.,1979, P.34.
MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. MINING NEWSMONTH: RESUMPTION OF
PRODUCTION FROM THE ONTARIO NO.3 MINE. OCT. 1979, P. 10.
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION. UGMS OPEN -FILE REPORT 22. U.S.
PERRY,L.I. AND B. M. MC CARTHY. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH,
1976, (ONTARIO MINE). UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY,
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION. UGMS OPEN-FILE REPORT 22. U.S.
BUREAU OF MINES GRANT NO. GO 264-006. 1976, PP. 358-361.
UNITED PARK CITY MINES C0,S 1978 STATEMENT. ANNUAL REPORT
THE MINING RECORD. CANADIANS INVESTING IN UTAH'S NATURAL
RESOURCES. DEC. 19, 1979, P. 8.
UNITED PARK CITY MINES CO'S 1978 STATEMENT. ANNUAL REPORT,
DEC. 1978, P. 11.
UNITED PARK CITY MINES CO'S PROXY STATEMENT, JULY 1970 P.4
UNITED PARK CITY MINES CO'S 10-K FORM REPORT, DEC. 1978,
P. 12.
UNITED PARK CITY MINES CO'S PROXY STATEMENT, JULY 1970 P.4.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES' PRODUCTION STATISTIC, STATE OF
UTAH. LODE MINE PRODUCTION AND METALS RECOVERABLE, 1976.
AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS. MINING 81 CONVENTION. ONTARIO MINE
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION RICHARD FLORINI. DENVER SEPT 1981
UNITED PARK CITY MINES COMPANY. 1984 ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCK
HOLDERS
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-SEP-96 | Geroyan, Rena | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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