TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Wasatch Mine

Location data

QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / Big Cottonwood Canyon / Mineral Fork / upper fork

 
Approximate GPS Location:

40.36.621 N - 111.40.649 W  (field) 

 

Approximate Elevation:

8729'  (field) 

 

30 x 60 Minute Map:

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

 

7.5 Minute Map:

DROMEDARY PEAK< UTAH

 

Brief history

The Wasatch Mine or Wasatch Gold Mine as it is also known, was driven to work the Silver King and Regulator claims at depth. A long adit was driven some 3000 feet south-east until it intersected the Silver King Fissure. The adit was then drifted to the south-west along the line of the fissure. Even with the promising quartz vein found, little ore was present.

Worked over the years by several different mining companies, ore in commercial quantities was never found. in total, 5000 feet of workings yielded only some $50,000 in production.  

Active work ceased in the 1940's though some leasing operations were conducted in the 1950's.

Remaining surface structures at the Wasatch burned to the ground. It was sometime in the 1970's or 80's I believe, but I'm still looking for exact information on when and how.   

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