Mine detail: Great Western Mine

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Location: Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.4108, -112.34189
dep_id: 10015224
mrds_id: DB00527
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Limonitic, Argillic
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Fluids, Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Fissure Veins, Fault Zones, Igneous-Sedimentary Contacts
Reporter: Perry, Lee I.
hrock_unit: Navajo Sandstone
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
arock_type: Latite
Structure: Dome, Small Discontinuous Faults
tectonic: Basin And Range - Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
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
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