Silver King

The Silver King is a lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,180 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver King

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Carbonate 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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Uinta Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: SCATTERED IRREGULAR PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE, 9.8 % PB, 20.3 % ZN, 0.532 % CU, 0.49 OZ. AG PER TON

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC. 21

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME CU AND AG POSSIBLY RECOVERABLE AS BYPRODUCT

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1947 , 12 TONS ASSAYING 25 % PB, 17 % ZN, 1.5 % CU, 2 OZ. AG AND .02 OZ. AU PER TON

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS NEAR SURFACE AS SCATTERED PODS OVER A WIDE AREA

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SMALL PITS AND DOZER CUTS

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH

Reference (Deposit): PERRY AND MCCARTHY, 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976 : UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 22

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 , P. 599 - 606

Reference (Deposit): PRUITT, R.G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 71 , P. 88 - 90

Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 2 , UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135 - B, P. 52 - 53

Reference (Deposit): 1955 GEOLMAP KINNEY, D.M., GEOL. OF UINTAH R. - BRUSH CK. AREA

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Production): PERRY, AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 22

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977

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