Silver King

Past Producer in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015157
MRDS ID DB00293
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.56766, 40.71856 (WGS84)
Elevation 2798
Relative position 7000 FT. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DYER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dyer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 021E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC. 21

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE, 9.8 % PB, 20.3 % ZN, 0.532 % CU, 0.49 OZ. AG PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.56766, 40.71856

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED IRREGULAR PODS
    Length 164.04M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carbonate District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1947 , 12 TONS ASSAYING 25 % PB, 17 % ZN, 1.5 % CU, 2 OZ. AG AND .02 OZ. AU PER TON

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 340000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 5 wt-pct Lead Major 1977
    Zinc Zn 10 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME CU AND AG POSSIBLY RECOVERABLE AS BYPRODUCT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.627HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL PITS AND DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH

  • Deposit

    PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976 : UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 22

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 , P. 599 - 606

  • Deposit

    PRUITT, R.G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 71 , P. 88 - 90

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 2 , UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135 - B, P. 52 - 53

  • Deposit

    1955 GEOLMAP KINNEY, D.M., GEOL. OF UINTAH R. - BRUSH CK. AREA

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Production

    PERRY, AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 22

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS NEAR SURFACE AS SCATTERED PODS OVER A WIDE AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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