The Silver Fork Tunnel is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.63528, -111.60667
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Silver Fork Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Fork Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Belt
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Normal Fault Sw Of Tunnel
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION REPORTED
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL., 1966. GEOL. OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979. GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 114.
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL. GQ-53
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979. GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DIST: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 114.
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