The Wasatch Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,543 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,543 Feet (2,604 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.61667, -111.67500
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Wasatch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wasatch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Till
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ 378
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