| Deposit ID | 60001647 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002889 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Park City District |
| Alternate or previous names | Ontario, Treasure Hill, Silver King Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.50358, 40.65164 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Summit(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Park City West(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Summit |
| United States | Utah | Wasatch |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| (1) | Diamond Creek Sandstone and Kirkman Limestone |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | PARK CITY ANTICLINE, NE; LOCAL DOMING BY INTRUSIVES SIX IMPORTANT ZONES OF FAULTING; COMPOUND OVERTHRUST |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | UINTA ANTICLINE (ENE TO WSW) |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Discoverer | Rufus Walker, Ephriam Hanks |
| Year of first production | 1971 |
| District name | PARK CITY DISTRICT |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | ANACONDA COMPANY |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | UNITED PARK CITY MINING CO |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | NEW PARK MINING |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | UNITED PARK CITY MINING CO |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | NEW PARK MINING CO. |
WILLIAMS, N. C. ED, 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE WASATCH AND UINTA MTS. TRANSITION AREA; SALT LAKE CITY, IAPG LOTT, ANNFIELD CONF.
JENNEY, WP, 1906, STRUCT. FEAT. OF ONTARIO MINERAL BELT, MIN AND SCI PRESS, VOL 92, P. 6, 24, 54, 108.
BLACKWELDER, ELIOT, 1910. NEW LIGHT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE WASATCH MTS; GEOL SOC AMER BULL. VOL 21 P. 517-542.
BUTLER, BS AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1915, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COTTONWOOD - AMERICAN FORK MINING REGION, UTAH: USGS BULL. 620, P. 165-266.
EMMONS, SF, 1877, DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY: U. S. GEOL. EXPLOR. 40TH PARALLEL, FINAL REPORT, VOL 2.
HOLLISTER, O.U. 1888, GOLD AND SILVER MINING IN UTAH: AM. INST. MIN. ENG, TRANS., VOL 16, P. 13.
BARNES, M.P., SIMOS, J. G., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DIST. WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE; IN RIDGE, J. D. ED, ORE DEPOSITS OF U. S. 1933- 1967, P. 1102.
JAMES, A.H., 1973. LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL STUDIES 44, JULY 1973 P. 26 - 32.
WHITE, L., 1975, ONTARIO PROJECT KEEPS MINING ALIVE IN UTAH'S HISTORIC PARK CITY DISTRICT; ENGIN. AND MINING JOUR. 2 - 76 P. 67 - 72.
GRANT, S.K., 1966, METALLIZATION AND PARAGENESIS IN THE PARK CITY DIST., UTAH, PHD THESIS, 183 P.
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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