The Wasatch Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,661 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,661 Feet (2,640 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.61028, -111.67667
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Wasatch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wasatch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mountain Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF 2.22 SHORT TONS: .25 OZ. PER TON AU, 3.32 OZ. PER TON AG, 1.95% PB, .25% CU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WASATCH TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN 3,174 FT SE BEFORE INTERSECTING SILVER KING FISSURE IN 1941, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING WAS DONE ALONG THE FISSURE.
Comment (Development): MOUNTAIN MINES SUCCEEDED WASATCH GOLD MINES CO. IN 1942, SOME WORK DONE BY NEW PARK MINES. WORKED AS PART OF REGULATOR JOHNSON MINE
Comment (Deposit): EXPLORES SILVER KING FISSURE, A PYRITIC GOUGE ZONE WITH 6 IN. TO 6 FT. OF MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Production): 72 SHIPMENTS YIELDED 50,000 DOLLARS TOTAL PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 57-58.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1964, MINERAL YEARBOOK.
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 58
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