| Deposit ID | 10015240 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00560 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wedge Mine |
| Related records | 10276655 |
| 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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 004W | 08 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE ASSAY: .015 % CU .22 % PB .13 % ZN 33 PPM MO .35 OZ/TON AG .045 OZ/TON AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bullion Canyon Volcanics | ||||||
| Rock description | Bullion Canyon Volcanics | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| (1) | -112.3305, 38.39025 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dome |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| District name | Ohio Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Champ Cuff, Others |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Overall depth | 243.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00560 |
SRC.REF: CHIP SAMPLE TAKEN FROM MINE DUMP
CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 30
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE VEIN HAS BEEN MOSTLY WORKED OUT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1978 | Perry, Lee I. | Bureau of Land Management |
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