Woodside Mine

The Woodside Mine is a mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 8,179 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Woodside Mine
Secondary: Silver King Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Park City Ventures
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: United Park City Mines Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 926 Kearns Bldg. Salt Lake City, UT
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1889
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Electrum
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Mimetite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Chalcanthite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Pyromorphite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS FLOODED BELOW THE 1300-FOOT LEVEL THE MINE HAS ABOUT A 5000 GAL. A MINUTE FLOW OF WATER FROM T PARK CITY VENTURES IS JOINT BETWEEN ANACONDA AND ASARCO.

References

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH IN

Reference (Deposit): PROF. PAPER 77 BY BOUTWELL DATED 1913 PAGES 178-188

Reference (Deposit): FLOURITE OCCURENCES IN UTAH BY K.C. BULLOCK UNPUBLISHED REPO

Reference (Deposit): THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES AND TO BE PUBLISHES BY UTAH GEO. MI

Reference (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION O

Reference (Deposit): MAYFLOWER LODE BY M. BARNES AND J. SIMOS IN ORE DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): 1933-1967 PP. 1103-1126 DATED 1968

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 111 BY B.S. BUTLER P. 301 DATED 1920

Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVEIW JAN. 15, 1914 P.2-3

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