Silver King Consolidated Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011491
MRDS ID D006404
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Consolidated Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver King Coalition Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52161, 40.63411 (WGS84)
Elevation 2524
Relative position 1500 FT. SW 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)

Lower 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 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale;Carb Park City Formation
    Rock description Thaynes Formation;Woodside Shale;Carb Park City Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52161, 40.63411

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Fissures, Dipping 35w, Massachusetts Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893

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

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 83.82M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT TO 800 FT., INCLINE SHAFT 175 FT. DEEP A 100 FT TUNNEL AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECTS SOME OF WHICH MAY NOW BE CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1966, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 76, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF 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

    1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ-53

  • Production

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 77.

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.

External references