The Great Western Mines Co. is a mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,619 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,619 Feet (2,932 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.5839, -111.58420
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Great Western Mines Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Western Mines Co.
Secondary: Big Cottonwood Mine
Secondary: Mountain Lake Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Great Western Mines Co
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF COTTON
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201 P.113-114
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C.,1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL A
Reference (Deposit): ERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88 ,P.72.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., IN PREPARATION, MINERAL RESOURCES OF BIG COTTON
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN
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