Queen Ester Shaft 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011512
MRDS ID D006444
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Ester Shaft and Prospects
Alternate or previous names Queen Ester Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48495, 40.648 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 6600 FT SE OF MASONIC 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 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48495, 40.648

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cottonwood Uplift And Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Frog Valley Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Park Utah

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT AND EIGHT PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    JOHNSON, E, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

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.