Wedge Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015240
MRDS ID DB00560
Record type Site
Current site name Wedge Mine
Related records 10276655

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3305, 38.39025 (WGS84)
Elevation 3322
Relative position 4 MILES EAST BY NORTHEAST OF MUD LAKE AT THE HEAD OF TWO MILE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic, Argillic

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAY: .015 % CU .22 % PB .13 % ZN 33 PPM MO .35 OZ/TON AG .045 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3305, 38.39025

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Champ Cuff, Others

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION STATISTICS AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CHIP SAMPLE TAKEN FROM MINE DUMP

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN HAS BEEN MOSTLY WORKED OUT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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