The West Ontario Shaft is a silver and lead mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 8,829 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,829 Feet (2,691 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.6175, -111.51556
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West Ontario Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Ontario Shaft
Secondary: Daly West Group
Secondary: United Park City Mines
Secondary: Park Utah Consolidated Mines
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt; Park City Anticline
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fracture Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Development): PROSPECTS LIE WITHIN THE DALY WEST PROPERTY AND NO PRODUCTION IS REPORTED FROM THE PROSPECTS. PROBABLY WAS AN EXPLORATION SHAFT AND PITS
Comment (Workings): SHAFT IS LOCATED ON MAP BY BOUTWELL, 1912, BUT NOT DESCRIBED. ONE SHAFT AND FOUR NEARBY PROSPECT PITS ARE PRESENT. DEPTH OF SHAFT UNKNOWN
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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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