The Silver King is a lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,180 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: 9,180 Feet (2,798 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.71861, -109.56694
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Silver King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Carbonate 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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SCATTERED IRREGULAR PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE, 9.8 % PB, 20.3 % ZN, 0.532 % CU, 0.49 OZ. AG PER TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC. 21
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME CU AND AG POSSIBLY RECOVERABLE AS BYPRODUCT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1947 , 12 TONS ASSAYING 25 % PB, 17 % ZN, 1.5 % CU, 2 OZ. AG AND .02 OZ. AU PER TON
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS NEAR SURFACE AS SCATTERED PODS OVER A WIDE AREA
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SMALL PITS AND DOZER CUTS
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH
Reference (Deposit): PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976 : UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 22
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 , P. 599 - 606
Reference (Deposit): PRUITT, R.G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 71 , P. 88 - 90
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 2 , UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135 - B, P. 52 - 53
Reference (Deposit): 1955 GEOLMAP KINNEY, D.M., GEOL. OF UINTAH R. - BRUSH CK. AREA
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT
Reference (Production): PERRY, AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 22
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977
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