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Wah-Wah Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10087007
MRDS ID D004424
Record type Site
Current site name Wah-Wah Mine
Alternate or previous names Tasso Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60943, 38.33996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 470 METERS NE OF PINE GROVE SPRINGS.

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 028S 016W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale;Sevey Dolomite
    Rock description Pioche Shale;Sevey Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.60943, 38.33996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 36.58M
    Width 73.15M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 54.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pine Grove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Karl Truman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • TEST SHAFT, RAISE, WINZE, ADIT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, CORE DRILLING. MAP OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON FILE UGMS, SALT LAKE CITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO. 22

  • Deposit

    USBM RI #3853, 1946, EXAMINATION OF WAH WAH LEAD ZINC MINE BY JONES, R.L., & DUNHAM CLIFFORD

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.L., AND DUNHAM, CLIFFORD, 1946, EXAMINATION OF WAH WAH LEAD ZINC MINE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 3853, 14 P.

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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