The Summit Extension is a gold and copper mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 9,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.61639, -111.55667
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Summit Extension MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summit Extension
Secondary: Summit Extension Shaft
Secondary: Summit Extension Incline, Silver King Western
Secondary: Silver King Coalition Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Summit
District: Park City 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver King Western Manufacturing Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, UT
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Uinta-Conttonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fissure
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrification, Bleaching, Iron Staining, Gypsum Veining, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SUPPOSEDLY RAN $5 PER TON AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO PRODUCTION INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): NORTHEAST STRIKING FISSURE HERE APPEARS TO CORRELATE WITH NORTHEAST FISSURE LOCATED AT THE COMSTOCK - CALIFORNIA MINE AREA.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Location): COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR SHAFT, SUMMIT EXTENSION INCLINE HAS UTM COORDINATES OF 4496100 N 452750 E. PROPERTY LOCATED IN SCOTTS PASS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Commodity): GYPSUM ALSO PRESENT AS GANGUE
Comment (Development): SILVER KING WESTERN COMPANY IS CURRENTLY EXPLORING FOR PB-AG ORE. THEY THINK THAT THERE MAY BE AN OREBODY ON THE PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): WHERE EXPLORED, DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A FISSURE LOCALIZED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE STOCK, NO REPLACEMENT-TYPE MINERALIZATION IS PRESENT. AREA APPEARS TO BE THE SOUTHWESTERN EXTENSION OF THE PRODUCTIVE COMSTOCK-CALIFORNIA FISSURE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, AT LEAST 100 FT DEEP AND HAVING TWO DRIFTS, AND AN INCLINE AT LEAST 200 FT LONG.
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
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