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Wasatch Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042242
MRDS ID M058647
Record type Site
Current site name Wasatch Mine
Related records 10252403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47245, 40.6155 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position 3,300 FT N 43 E OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 27 NE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Ontario Stock
    Rock description Ontario Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Weber Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.47245, 40.6155
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description Park City Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SERIES OF TUNNELS; TWO MAIN TUNNELS, ONE UPPER, ORE LOWER; LOWER TUNNEL WAS 2,250 FT. LONG IN AUGUST 1888

Comments on 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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