Mine detail: Great Western Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.4108, -112.34189

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Navajo Sandstone
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Bullion Canyon Volcanics
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Dome, Small Discontinuous Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range - Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Limonitic, Argillic

References

MRDS	DB00527
DEP	10015224
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Perry, Lee I.