The Silver King is a silver and copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Silver King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King
Secondary: Mineral Hill
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Oquirrh Fm Strike N 40 W, Dip 20 Ne. A Fault At The Bottom Of The Shaft Strikes N 60 W, Dip 30 Se, Throw 5 Ft.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1923 - 0.035 OZ/TON AU, 18.1 OZ/TON AG, 2.77 % CU, 5.19 % PB.
Analytical Data: 1917 - 9.3 OZ/TON AG, 8.1 % CU
Analytical Data: 1912 - 6 OZ/TON AG, 18 % CU
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Comments
Comment (Location): ENCLOSING 200 ACRES
Comment (Production): PROD SML BEFORE 1912; PB-AG ORE IN 1922; PB-CU ORE IN 1923; 1926
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 163.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. 1926; 1928; 1946
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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