King David Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011337
MRDS ID D005994
Record type Site
Current site name King David Mine
Related records 10275956

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27887, 38.45107 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF FRISCO TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 013W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4; SECTION 23.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wurtzite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Asbestos Gangue
Marble Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hemi, Silific, Alun, Argil, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Olig Lava Flows;Olig Isom Formation;Olig Quichapa Formation;Olig Horn Silver Andesite
    Rock description Olig Lava Flows;Olig Isom Formation;Olig Quichapa Formation;Olig Horn Silver Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ely Formation;Grampian Ls (Host)
    Rock description Ely Formation;Grampian Ls (Host)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27887, 38.45107

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Horn Silver Fault Brings Camb Sediments Against Oligo Volcanics

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 80 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins Parallel To North Trending Horn Silver Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Frisco

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tintic (60%) Cobre (40%)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tintic (60%) Cobre (40%)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, RAIZES, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND CORE DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO 22

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, AND KRUPICKA, D C, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    EAST, E.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAINS, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOMAP USGS SS #16

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references