Park King Tunnel

The Park King Tunnel is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 6,860 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Park King Tunnel
Secondary: Park-Utah Group

Commodity

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

Location

State: Utah
County: Wasatch
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

Year: 1951
Time Period: 1920 -1951
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^17.51 Oz. Ave.
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1920 -1951
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.07 Oz. Ave.
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1920 -1951
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.2 Lbs/Ton Ave.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Belt

Type: L
Description: East Crescent Fault Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED: 15 OZ./TON AG., 4.6 PERCENT PB AND 6.2% ZN. IN WEST ORE BODY AND 46 OZ./TON AG AND 1.2 PERCENT PB IN THE EAST ORE BODY

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FOR PARK-UTAH GROUP IN GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): TWO ORE BODIES MINED, EAST AND WEST

Comment (Workings): ORE BODY FOUND ON 1500 LEVEL, MINED UP DIP TO 450 LEVEL AND DOWN DIP TO THE 1850 LEVEL, STRUCTURE SPLITS AT 1950 LEVEL

References

Reference (Deposit): 1955, PARK CITY EAST 7.5 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S.G.S.

Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1971. GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUADRANGLE: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852.

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. OFR-22.

Reference (Deposit): ERICKSON, A.J., (ED.), 1968. PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 22.

Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

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