Grand Central Mine

The Grand Central Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,080 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Grand Central Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District

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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: E. Steele Mcintyre
Home Office: Eureka, Ut.

Owner Name: Walter Morgan

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S

Comment (Location): IN GULCH NORTHEAST OF MAMMOTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1971

Comment (Development): LAST SERIOUS WORK BY ASARCO 1940, REED WELCH, GEOLOGIST. DISCOVERY BY SHAFT SINKING IN 1870S

Comment (Deposit): FAULTED CONTINUATION OF MAMMOTH ORE WAS MINED AT DEPTH

Comment (Workings): WINZE FOLLOWED ORE BELOW 2400 LEVEL. ADIT LEVEL IN GULCH BELOW SHAFT CARRIED ORE TO RAILROAD. CONNECTION MADE FROM MAMMOTH WORKING ON 1500 AND 2100 LEVELS, 1970S

Comment (Geology): LARGE BODIES OF SILICEOUS ORE, 200 FEET WIDE IN PLACES. SECOND ORE SHOOT RICH IN COPPER REPORTED 700 FEET TO WEST ON 2000 LEVEL

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED 27,000 TONS OF ORE IN 1916 AND SIMILAR TONNAGES UNTIL 1940. MOST ORE WAS SHIPPED AS SMELTER FLUX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

Reference (Deposit): TOWER G.W. AND SMITH, G.O. 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME III

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F. 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME A.I.M.E.

Reference (Deposit): GRAND CENTRAL MINING CO. VS. MAMMOTH MINING CO., LEGAL BRIEF IN PACIFIC REPORTER VOLUME 83, PAGE 648.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

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