The Columbia Raise is a lead and silver 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: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.61972, -111.53389
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Columbia Raise MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbia Raise
Secondary: Silver King Coalition Group
Secondary: United Park City Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: United Park City Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Iron Hollow Syncline
Type: L
Description: Crescent Fissure
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE SILVER KING MINE ORE HAD GRADE OF .024 OZ/TON AU, 18.45 OZ/TON AG, 13.52, PB, .495% CU, 10.68% ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): RAISE IS PART OF THE SILVER KING COALITION WORKINGS. RAISE POST-DATES BOUTWELL'S 1912 PUBLICATION SINCE THE RAISE IS NOT SHOWN ON HIS MAP OF WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MINED WAS PART OF THE EXTENSIVE REPLACEMENT HORIZON CALLED THE JENNY BED, JENNY BED IS PART OF THE LOWERMOST PARK CITY FORMATION. REPLACEMENT ORE COVERS LARGE AREA.
Comment (Workings): RAISE ACCESSES THE OLD KEARNS AND KEITH MINE WORKINGS AND ITS PORTAL LIES ABOVE THE ALLIANCE TUNNEL. RAISE WAS PROBABLY PUT IN BY THE SILVER KING COALITION MINES CO. SINCE IT PAST-DATES 1912.
Comment (Geology): COLUMBIA RAISE ACCESSES THE WORKINGS OF THE OLD KEARNS AND KEITH MINE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Deposit): COLUMBIA RAISE ACCESSES WORKINGS OF THE OLD KEARNS AND KEITH MINE BUT WAS PUT IN AFTER 1912 WHEN PROPERTY WAS HELD BY THE SILVER KING COALITION MINES CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77, 231 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITOR), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
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, 672 PP.
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