Park King Tunnel

Past Producer in Wasatch 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087364
MRDS ID D006443
Record type Site
Current site name Park King Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Park-Utah Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45745, 40.62522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2091
Relative position 6000 FT SW OF KEETLEY STATION

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mayflower Stock
    Rock description Mayflower Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Park City and Phosphoria Formations

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Crescent Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hawkeye-Mchenry Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Park City Mines Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1920 -1951
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^17.51 Oz. Ave.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 494g/mt
  • Year 1951
    Period 1920 -1951
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.07 Oz. Ave.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2g/mt
  • Year 1951
    Period 1920 -1951
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.2 Lbs/Ton Ave.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 1897g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE BODY FOUND ON 1500 LEVEL, MINED UP DIP TO 450 LEVEL AND DOWN DIP TO THE 1850 LEVEL, STRUCTURE SPLITS AT 1950 LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1955, PARK CITY EAST 7.5 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S.G.S.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. OFR-22.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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