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Wah Wah Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276097
MAS/MILS ID 0490010104
Record type Site
Current site name Wah Wah Mine
Alternate or previous names Tasso Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.60942, 38.33996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2220
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028 S 016 W 26 SWSWSW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.60942, 38.33996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 40M
    Width 80M
    Area 23HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 23
    Date of Last Modification 780615

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Grove

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Truman, Karl
    Interest 100
    Home office Minersville, Ut
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 360M
    Overall depth 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Swell Factor .33
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Number of Shafts 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 15
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    3rd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 150
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, ROBERT L, AND CLIFFORD DUNHAM, 1946, EXAMINATION OF W

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC MINE, BEAVER,CO, UTAH. USBM RI 3853.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1135B, DATE 1963 (OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-APR-87 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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