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Wastch-Utah Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102115
MRDS ID DC14281
Record type Site
Current site name Wastch-Utah Mine
Alternate or previous names New State Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78746, 40.58633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Relative position 1.25 MILES NE OF GRANITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 001E 01 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1979 GRAB SAMPLES OF VEIN CONTAIN 2.5 PPM AG, 0.21 PPM AU, 230 PPM CU, 160 PPM ZN, 60 PPM PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78746, 40.58633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Vein Is Immediately East Of The Wasatch Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • Dip 90
    Length 121.92M
    Width 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION TO BE $160,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF TUNNELS AND A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 43-46.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-28-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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