| Deposit ID | 10087364 |
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| MRDS ID | D006443 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Park King Tunnel |
| Alternate or previous names | Park-Utah Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.45745, 40.62522 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 2091 |
| Relative position | 6000 FT SW OF KEETLEY STATION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Wasatch(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)
Provo(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Wasatch |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 004E | 23 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE AVERAGED: 15 OZ./TON AG., 4.6 PERCENT PB AND 6.2% ZN. IN WEST ORE BODY AND 46 OZ./TON AG AND 1.2 PERCENT PB IN THE EAST ORE BODY |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Mayflower Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Mayflower Stock | ||||||
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| (1) | Park City and Phosphoria Formations |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | East Crescent Fault Zone |
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1920 |
| District name | Park City District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Park City Mines Co. |
| Year | 1951 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1920 -1951 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^17.51 Oz. Ave. | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1951 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1920 -1951 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^.07 Oz. Ave. | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1951 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1920 -1951 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | PB | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^4.2 Lbs/Ton Ave. | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D006443 |
1955, PARK CITY EAST 7.5 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S.G.S.
BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1971. GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUADRANGLE: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852.
PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. OFR-22.
ERICKSON, A.J., (ED.), 1968. PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 22.
1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO ORE BODIES MINED, EAST AND WEST |
| Deposit | INFORMATION FOR PARK-UTAH GROUP IN GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Johnson, Elizabeth A. | Bureau of Land Management |
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