The Wah Wah Mine is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,283 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: 7,283 Feet (2,220 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.34, -113.60860
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Wah Wah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wah Wah Mine
Secondary: Tasso Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Pine Grove
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Truman, Karl
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Minersville, Ut
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Ankerite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES BASED ON CALCULATIONS IN RI 3853. REC 120-MINE CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST (MINE LIFE = 3 YRS) ACQUISITION $ - EXPLORATION 9,400 DEVELOPMENT 219,300 (INC SURFACE PLANT) EQUIPMENT 320,400 WORKING CAPITAL (NOTE 1) 116,700 TOTAL MINE CAPITAL 665,800 NOTE 1 - WC CALCULATE BY 90 DAYS X DIRECT COST/D OPERATING COST = $9.53/MET TON. MINE HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 1946
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1135B, DATE 1963 (OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): LEAD-ZINC MINE, BEAVER,CO, UTAH. USBM RI 3853.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, ROBERT L, AND CLIFFORD DUNHAM, 1946, EXAMINATION OF W
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