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Great Western Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015224
MRDS ID DB00527
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Mine
Related records 10252279

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34189, 38.4108 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUD LAKE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BULLION CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 4W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic, Argillic

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE #1 ASSAY: .010 % CU .20 % PB .011 % ZN 55 PPM MO .53 OZ/TON AG .005 OZ/TON AU SAMPLE #2 ASSAY: .008 % CU .043 % PB .007 % ZN 48 PPM MO .26 OZ/TON AG .008 OZ/TON AU SAMPLE #3 ASSAY: .008 % CU .14 % PB .009 % ZN 163 PPM MO .56 OZ/TON AG .008 OZ/TON AU SAMPLE #4 ASSAY: .009 % CU .058 % PB .099 % ZN 33 PPM MO .18 OZ/TON AG .002 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Discontinuous Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 50 DEG W
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins, Fault Zones, Igneous-Sedimentary Contacts

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Victory Mines, Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ANY ECONOMIC POTENTIAL HERE WILL BE FOUND IN THE PACKARD ADIT OF THE GREAT WESTERN WORKINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER WORKINGS ARE CAVED AT THE PORTAL, THE LOWER PACKARD ADIT IS OPEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 2 FOOT TO 4 FOOT CHIP SAMPLES IN QUARTZ VEIN, QUARTZITE, & TUFF

  • Deposit

    EVANS, M. T., 1953 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT WESTERN MINE, MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: COMPASS OF SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON, P. 102 - 108 .

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 41 - 44 .

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 , P. 68 .

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG THE CONTACT OF THE QUARTZITE AND THE VOLCANICS, AND ALONG FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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