The King of the Hills Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Beaver county, Utah.
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King of the Hills Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King of the Hills Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Country Rocks Strike N 35 E, Dip Steeply Se.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3000 FT UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): PROPERTY INCLUDES 22 CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): IN A TACTITE ZONE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): UTAH ENG. EXP. STA. BULL. 101, 1959, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014 , P. 38
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 945-D, 1945, P. 111.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MINERAL RANGE: UTAH G & MS REPRINT NO. 56 , P. 43
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