The Prince of Wales Group is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 10,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.60444, -111.62639
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Prince of Wales Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prince of Wales Group
Secondary: Alta Tunnel and Transportation Co.
Secondary: Highland Chief
Secondary: Wellington Tunnel
Secondary: Boston Tunnel
Secondary: Antelope Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Walker Bank And Trust And Association
Production
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1926-1930
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Pb-11.2%, Ag-20.4 Oz/Ton, Au-.002 Oz/Ton, Cu-.3%
Year: 1925
Time Period: 1909-1925
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Pb-23.4%, Ag-38 Oz/Ton, Au-.010 Oz/Ton, Cu-.4%
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1870-1918
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Pb-30%, Ag-105 Oz/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1870
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fissure
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Is Prominent Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MOST OF EARLY ORE CONTAINED 130 OZ/TON AG AND 45% PB. A DUMP SAMPLE FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES MINE CONTAINED 1443.3 PPM AG, .04 PPM AU, 2030 PPM CU, LESS THAN 1 PPM MO, 35000 PPM PB, 385 PPM ZN, 7PPM CO, 50PPM NI.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRINCE FISSURE IS DOMINANT PRODUCER WHICH OCCURS ALONG A NORTHEAST STRIKING NORMAL FAULT WITH SHALL DISPLACEMENT. MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS FOUR DISCRETE ORE SHOOTS SPACED ABOUT 200 FEET APART. EACH SHOOT IS ON THE AVERAGE 75 FEET LONG, 1.5 FEET WIDE, AND RANGE FROM 1200 TO 700 FEET DEEP. VEIN IS SAID TO BE BEDDED, WHICH PROBABLY MEANS IT IS COMPOSITIONALLY BANDED PARALLEL TO THE VEIN WALLS. RELATIVELY MINOR REPLACEMENT MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT THE BASE OF THE ORE SHOOTS. LAMPHOPHYRE DIKE APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRINCE FISSURE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A MINIMUM OF 1670 FEET OF TUNNELS, 420 FEET OF SHAFT AND STOPES IN 1874. FIGURE LISTED ABOVE IS AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM FOR THE AREA. TEN SHAFTS AND THIRTEEN ADITS LOCATED ON SURFACE IN THIS AREA. NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF MORE MAJOR WORKINGS GIVEN UNDER LOCATION COMMENTS
Comment (Geology): NUMEROUS THRUSTS REPEAT MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE SECTION WHICH IS DOMINANT HOST ROCK. OLDEST ROCKS FOUND IN WORKINGS ARE LOWER CAMBRIAN TINTIC QUARTZITE, YOUNGEST FORMATION IS HUMBUG LIMESTONE.
Comment (Location): SEVERAL CLAIM BLOCKS CONSOLIDATED IN 1911 TO FORM THE ALTA TUNNEL AND AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. THE PROPERTIES INCLUDED WERE THE PRINCE OF WALES CLAIMS, ANTELOPE CLAIMS, HIGHLAND CHIEF CLAIMS, WELLINGTON CLAIMS, WANDERING BOY CLAIMS. UTM COORDINATES FOR SPECIFIC SITES ARE AS FOLLOWS; ANTELOPE TUNNEL-4495050N, 447900E; BOSTON TUNNEL-4494775N, 447475E; WELLINGTON TUNNEL-4494850N, 447750E; HIGHLAND CHIEF SHAFT & TUNNEL-4494825N, 447900E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943
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