The Wasatch Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 7,841 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,841 Feet (2,390 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.61556, -111.47167
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Wasatch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wasatch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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
Not available
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: Uinta Arch
Type: L
Description: Park City Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A SERIES OF TUNNELS; TWO MAIN TUNNELS, ONE UPPER, ORE LOWER; LOWER TUNNEL WAS 2,250 FT. LONG IN AUGUST 1888
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS LOCATED IN 1870'S AND MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE IN THE 1880'S; WORKINGS EXPLORED QUARTZITE-IGNEOUS CONTACT AND ASSOCIATED FISSURES
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 202.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.
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