Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Iron, Manganese
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011492
MRDS ID D006405
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver King Coalition Group
Related records 10202861, 10251853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.51328, 40.63161 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position LOCATED 1.5 MILES SW OF PARK CITY IN WOODSIDE GULTCH.

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 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANESE OXIDES ASSAYING UP TO 49 % MN. ARE FOUND ON VARIOUS DUMPS IN SEC. 20 T 2 S AND R 4 E.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bindheimite Ore
Brochantite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGES: .024 OZ/TON AU, 18.33 OZ/TON AG, 14.2 PERCENT LEAD, .487 PERCENT COPPER AND 3.53 PERCENT ZINC

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite;Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
    Rock description Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite;Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.51328, 40.63161

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Park City Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS/TABULAR
    Strike N75E
    Dip 20NW
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Follows A Dipping Monocline Striking N-70-80e, And Dipping 20 Nw; Faults And Brecciated Zones Also Control Mineralization.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

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 workings information

  • ACCESS TO THE MINE IS NOW THROUGH THE SPIRO TUNNEL OR THROUGH THE MAIN SHAFT, 1325 FT. DEEP; LEVELS CUT AT 300, 700, 800, 900, 1100 AND 1300, MINE WORKINGS ARE EXTENSIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, MAX., D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., AND MCCARTHY, B.M., LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 27, P. 361.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ-53

  • Production

    ERICKSON, A.J., 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS ON NW FLANK OF PARK CITY ANTICLINE
Deposit ALL DATA FOR SILVER KING COALITION GROUP IN GENERAL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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