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Kearns-Keith Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103843
MRDS ID M057636
Record type Site
Current site name Kearns-Keith Mine
Alternate or previous names Walker and Webster

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52022, 40.62411 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position IN WALKER & WEBSTER GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(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 20,21,29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS: 1869 - DISCOVERY OF ORE ON THE WALKER & WEBSTER CLAIM; 1870 - LOCATION OF GREEN MONSTER, PINON, AND BUCKEYE CLAIMS; 1880 - LOCATION OF REBELLION AND CLIMAX CLAIMS; 1882 - CONSOLIDATIONOF THE ABOVE AS CRESCENT CO.; 1883 - LOCATION OF SAMPSON AND APEX CLAIMS; 1885 - LOCATION OF THE BOSS CLAIM; 1889 - SAMPSON REORGANIZED AS THE ALLIANCE; 1899 - SILVER KING MINE BOUGHT ALLIANCE; 1903 - ALL THE ABOVE MINES IS CONSOLIDATED AS THE KEARNS-KEITH; 1908 - KEARNS-KEITH IS PURCHASED BY THE SILVER KING COALITION MINES CO.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52022, 40.62411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Crescent Fault Striking E-W, Dipping South. Fissures Striking N 80 E.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 19.81M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE TUNNELS: ALLIANCE - 7200 FT, HANAUER - 3500 FT, JONES - 2,000 FT, AETNA - 2,000 FT, AND ANTELOPE - 1900 FT; THE CRESCENT INCLINE, THE BOSS SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSIT OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: USGS PP 77 , P. 174

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR, BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS QUAD MAP GQ - 534

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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