Mine detail: Wasatch Mine

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.61022, -111.67746
dep_id: 10021008
mrds_id: DC14673
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Silver King Fissure
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Mineral Fork Tillite
hrock_type: Till
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault, Alta Thrust Zone
tectonic: Uinta Arch
References:
  • Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
  • Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 57-58.
  • Deposit:: USBM, 1964, MINERAL YEARBOOK.
  • Production:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 58
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