Mine detail: Wedge Mine

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Location: Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.39025, -112.3305
dep_id: 10015240
mrds_id: DB00560
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Gold, Silver, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Limonitic, Argillic
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Fluids
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins
Reporter: Perry, Lee I.
hrock_type: Latite
arock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
arock_type: Latite
Structure: Dome
tectonic: Basin & Range - Colorado Plateau Transition
disc_yr: 1898
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
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