The Anchor Tunnel Portal is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 7,641 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,641 Feet (2,329 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.62556, -111.50472
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Anchor Tunnel Portal MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anchor Tunnel Portal
Secondary: Silver King Coalition Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Summit
District: Park City
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Production): THE ANCHOR MINE FOR WHICH THIS WAS THE DRAIN TUNNEL PRODUCED 94,639 TONS OF DRY CONCENTRATE ASSAYING 41 PERCENT PB, 26 OZ./TON AG, .043 OZ./TON AU AND 8.87 PERCENT ZINC.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL IS APPROXIMATELY 6600 FT LONG AND CONNECTS WITH THE ANCHOR SHAFT AT THE 1200 FT LEVEL
Comment (Deposit): THIS TUNNEL IS THE DRAIN TUNNEL FOR THE ANCHOR SHAFT, ALSO CALLED THE JUDGE SHAFT. ALL DATA FOR SILVER KING COALITION GROUP IN GENERAL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOS. OF THE PARK CITY DIST.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 77.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., ET.AL., 1966, GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUADRANGLE: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535.
Reference (Deposit): ERICKSON, A.J. (ED.), 1966, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 22.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 22.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOS. OF THE PARK CITY DIST.
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, CALKINS AND SHARP GQ-53
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