The Thaynes Shaft is a lead and silver mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 8,619 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,619 Feet (2,627 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.625, -111.53833
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Thaynes Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thaynes Shaft
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
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
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: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE QUADRANGLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Development): SHAFT POST-DATES BOUTWELL'S 1912 PUBLICATION
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT ACCESSES THE TUNNELS WHICH DEVELOPED THE EXTENSIVE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN THE SILVER KING MINE AREA. JENNY BED OF THE LOWER PARK CITY FORMATION WAS EXTENSIVELY REPLACED
Comment (Workings): SHAFT ACCESSES A TUNNEL WHICH CONNECTS THE SPIRO AND ALLIANCE TUNNELS. SHAFT POST-DATES 1912
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT ACCESSES A TUNNEL WHICH CONNECTS THE SPIRO AND ALLIANCE TUNNELS. SHAFT IS PART OF THE SILVER KING COALITION MINE CO. WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
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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