Silver King Extension Mine and Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011511
MRDS ID D006441
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Extension Mine and Prospects
Alternate or previous names Silver King Coalition Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47884, 40.66827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 5100 FT. E. OF DORITY SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City East(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

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

Analytical data

Result .0235 OZ. AU/TON, 18.33 OZ. AG/TON, 14.2 LBS PB/TON, 3.53 LBS ZN/TON, .487 LBS. OF CU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite;Round Valley Limestone
    Rock description Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite;Round Valley Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

  • TUNNELS APPEARS TO BE ACCESS TO SMALL NW TRENDING NORMAL FAULT, TOTAL OF TWO TUNNELS AND THREE PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: EARDLEY, A.J., 1968. PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 22

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1971. GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, A.J., 1968. PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 22.

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DIST.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 77

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR THE ABOVE YEARS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION AND ASSAY FIGURES ARE FOR SILVER KING CONSOLIDATED IN GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references