Great Western Mines Co.

The Great Western Mines Co. is a mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,619 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Great Western Mines Co.  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

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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