Mine detail: Great Western Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.74858, -113.20386

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite, Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR-POD
Discovery year: 1935

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1937

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Sevier Thrust System, The Three Peaks Pluton
Tectonic:Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition
Alteration processes:Limonitization

References

MRDSD005846
DEP10011274
Reference{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}
ReporterStegan, Ralph J.