| Deposit ID | 10011490 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D006402 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Three Kings Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver King Coalition Mine |
| Related records | 10228033 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.51078, 40.64855 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | 2100 FT S OF GREENWOOD CEMETERY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Summit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 004E | 17 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Bindheimite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE AVERAGED: .024 OZ/TON AU, 18.33 OZ/TON AG, 14.2 PERCENT PB, .487 PERCENT CU, 3.53 PERCENT ZN |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite | ||
| Rock description | Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -111.51078, 40.64855 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Belt |
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1889 |
| Discoverer | Martin Mcgrath And W.H. Dodge |
| Year of first production | 1893 |
| District name | Park City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Park City Mines Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D006402 |
CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL., 1966, GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535
PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 77.
ERICKSON, A.J., 1968, THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NUMBER 22.
1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ-53
ERICKSON, A.J., (ED.), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 22.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALL DATA FOR SILVER KING COALITION GROUP IN GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Johnson, Elizabeth A. | Bureau of Land Management |
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