Mine detail: Wasatch Drain Tunnel

Previously called 'Mineral Vein Coalition Mining Co.Wasatch Mines Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.58327, -111.65135

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	PIPE
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mineral Fork Tillite;Deseret
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone,Dolomite,Till
Associated rock:	Grizzly Dike Of Alaskite Porpyry
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault, Alta Thrust, Grizzly Dike, Howland Fault, Snow Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch

References

MRDS	M058331
DEP	10042085
Reference	{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PP201, PG. 118-120, PLATES 1, 30 AND 39.}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, 98 P.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: UGMS MAP GQ-378.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.