Wah-Wah Mine

The Wah-Wah Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wah-Wah Mine
Secondary: Tasso Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Karl Truman

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Wah-Wah Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Workings): TEST SHAFT, RAISE, WINZE, ADIT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, CORE DRILLING. MAP OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON FILE UGMS, SALT LAKE CITY.

References

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO. 22

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI #3853, 1946, EXAMINATION OF WAH WAH LEAD ZINC MINE BY JONES, R.L., & DUNHAM CLIFFORD

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.L., AND DUNHAM, CLIFFORD, 1946, EXAMINATION OF WAH WAH LEAD ZINC MINE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 3853, 14 P.

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

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