Silver King Coalition Mines Co.

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203097
MAS/MILS ID 0490350040
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Coalition Mines Co.
Alternate or previous names Copper Apex Group-Barry Coxe Mine, Iowa Copper Tunnel, Scottish Chief Mine, Insley Property - Denver Boy Adit, American Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.56888, 40.61744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(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)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002 S 003 E 25 NWSWNW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WORINGS OF THIS MINE SPREAD INTO SECTIONS 23,24,25, AND 26.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.56888, 40.61744

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 60N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 50M
    Width 2M
    Area 100HA
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N40W:60N
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1896

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver King Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Salt Lake City, UT
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 400M
    Overall depth 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 90
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 90
    Number of Adits 4
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY D

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 77, PAGE 224

  • Deposit

    CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF COTTON

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201 P. 112-113

  • Deposit

    JAMES L.P., IN PREPARATION, MINERAL RESOURCES OF BIG COTTONW

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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