The Wheat Adit, Lower and Upper Level is a gold and silver mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 10,571 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 10,571 Feet (3,222 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.54444, -109.25472
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Wheat Adit, Lower and Upper Level MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wheat Adit, Lower and Upper Level
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Mineral Mtn Area, Northern La Sal Mtns
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: La Sal Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritic
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES WEREN'T DETERMINED AS PORTALS ARE CAVED.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECTION 15
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKING CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, BOTH ARE CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON HUNT, C. B. PROFESSIONAL PAPER # 294-I
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