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Creole Tunnel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011489
MRDS ID D006401
Record type Site
Current site name Creole Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Silver King Coalition Mine
Related records 10276329

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50161, 40.64605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 4700 FT NE OF TREASURE HILL

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 002S 004E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE NOTED IN THE WALLS OF FISSURES AND IN THE POCKETS AND VUGS IS OXIDIZED LEAD ORE, WITH SILVER. IT IS MADE UP OF OXIDES AND CARBONATES AND SULPHATES OF LEAD WITH CORRESPONDING OXIDATION PRODUCTS OF SILVER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzites;Park City Formation
    Rock description Weber Quartzites;Park City Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault - Striking N30 35e And Dipping 59 Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Park City Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVERAGING 20 OZ/TON AG AND 60 PERCENT PB WAS SHIPPED FROM 1880 TO 1896 WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $50,000

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 600 FT. DEEP AND A TUNNEL 250 FT LONG WITH 1250 FT. OF DEVELOPMENT DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1966, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 76, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 77, 230 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, A.J. (ED.), 1968, PARK CITY DIST.: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 22.

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ-53

  • Production

    ERICKSON, A.J. (ED), 1968, PARK CITY DIST. UT. GEOL. SOCIETY; GUIDEBOOK NO 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE LIES IN FRACTURES AND ALONG MORE OPEN, PERHAPS SLIGHTLY CALCAREOUS INTERCALATED BEDS IN IRREGULAR POCKETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Mohammad, Hasan Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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