Garey Shaft and Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087358
MRDS ID D006429
Record type Site
Current site name Garey Shaft and Prospects
Alternate or previous names Garey Group, Silver King Consolidated Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48995, 40.65161 (WGS84)
Elevation 2274
Relative position 1800 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 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

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

Analytical data

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • 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
    Rock description Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.48995, 40.65161

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Normal 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

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT AND THREE PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D., GQ-85

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION AND ASSAY DATA FOR SILVER KING COALITION GROUP IN GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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