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Great Western Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252279
MRDS ID DB00527
MAS/MILS ID 0490310038
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Mine
Related records 10015224

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.33638, 38.41497 (WGS84)
Elevation 2523
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 027 S 004+W 32 SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINOR OCCURRENCE ALSO IN BULLION CANYON VOLCANICS AGE 120

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Navajo Sandstone, Kayenta and Moenave Formations
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 50W
    Length 15M
    Width 1M
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N00S:50W
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872

Mining district

District name Granite District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russell K Woodruff, Jr.
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 172M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 66
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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