Great Western Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011274
MRDS ID D005846
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Mine
Related records 10154683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20386, 37.74858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1775
Relative position 3.6 MILES NE OF SWETT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 012W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGEST KNOWN VEIN IN THREE PEAKS AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result IRON 60.0%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Entrada and Carmel Formations

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust System
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Three Peaks Pluton

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-POD
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 75 N
    Thickness 22.86M
    Length 233.17M
    Width 7.92M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing, Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer U S Bureau Of Mines
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Iron Springs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1937 - 1957
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 60wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • BENCH MINE WITH ELONGATED PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, KENNETH C, 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88

  • 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

  • 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

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #2, MACKIN

  • Deposit

    1954 GEOLMAP MACKIN,MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MF-14

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON BLANK AND MACKIN, PROF PAPER 516-B

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON BULLOCK, BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V 20 PT 1

  • Deposit

    1976 GEOLMAP MACKIN AND ROWLEY, USGS MAP GQ-1295

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON BULLOCK, UGMS BULLETIN 88

  • Production

    BULLOCK, K C, 1976 IRON DEP OF UT, UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY BULL 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FISSURE VEIN IN THE SELVAGE JOINT ZONE OF QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references