Silver Fork Tunnel

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011463
MRDS ID D006362
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Fork Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60745, 40.63522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 8000 FT SW OF DRY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(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)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 2S 3E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Ls;Gardison Ls
    Rock description Deseret Ls;Gardison Ls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60745, 40.63522

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Normal Fault Sw Of Tunnel

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL., 1966. GEOL. OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979. GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 114.

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL. GQ-53

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979. GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DIST: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 114.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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