Great Western Mine

The Great Western Mine is a iron mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 5,823 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Great Western Mine

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Iron Springs

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.

Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: 1937 - 1957

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1935
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR-POD

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sevier Thrust System

Type: L
Description: The Three Peaks Pluton

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: IRON 60.0%

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): LARGEST KNOWN VEIN IN THREE PEAKS AREA

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): A FISSURE VEIN IN THE SELVAGE JOINT ZONE OF QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY

Comment (Workings): BENCH MINE WITH ELONGATED PIT

References

Reference (Deposit): 1947 RECON UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #2, MACKIN

Reference (Deposit): 1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN,MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MF-14

Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF PAPER 516-B

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON BULLOCK, BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V 20 PT 1

Reference (Deposit): 1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, USGS MAP GQ-1295

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON BULLOCK, UGMS BULLETIN 88

Reference (Production): BULLOCK, K C, 1976 IRON DEP OF UT, UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J HOOVER AND ROWLEY, PETER D, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDAR CITY NW QUADRANGLE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH, U S GEOL SURVEY MAP GQ-1295

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1973, GEOLOGY AND IRON DEPOSITS OF IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL 20, PT 1, P 27-P 63

Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J HOOVER, 1947, SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE INTRUSIONS IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT; GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGY SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO 2

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