The Silver King is a uranium, fluorine-fluorite, copper, and manganese mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,631 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,631 Feet (2,021 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.96861, -112.56056
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Silver King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone 42 Ft From Portal Of No. 1 Tunnel (N 25 W, 50 Sw, 15 Ft Wide) At Contact Of Quartzite And Granite.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: S. P. QUARTZITE: 462 FT THICK, WELL SORTED, WELL ROUNDED, MED GRAIN. GRANITE: IRON - STAINED, WHITE TO LIGHT - GRAY, PORPHYRITIC, MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAIN. PEGMATITE AND APLITE DIKES ARE COMMON IN THE GRANITE.
Comment (Location): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): EIGHT MINERALIZED VEINS
Comment (Workings): 65 FT VERTICAL SHAFT; 30 AND 50 FT INCLINE SHAFT; 200 FT PORCUPINE ADIT; 1953 - 4,350 FT OF BULLDOZING CUTS; 1,062 FT OF DRILL HOLES; SILVER KING NO. 1 TUNNEL TOTALING 1,400 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63
Reference (Deposit): HILLIER, R. L., 1956 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON URANIUM OCCURRENCE, SILVER KING CLAIMS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USAEC, RME-2035 (REVISED), 25 P.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV BULL 110
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