Mine detail: Great Western Prospect

Previously called 'Great Western Mines Co.Mountain Lake Group'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.59911, -111.57411
dep_id: 10014864
mrds_id: D011932
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Iron, Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite
orebody_fm: POD
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
arock_unit: Clayton Peak Stock;Alta Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hinge
tectonic: Cordilleran Hingeline, Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
disc_yr: 1867
References:
  • Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
  • Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
  • Deposit:: BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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