Mine detail: Big Cottonwood Mine

Previously called 'Great Western Mines Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.58355, -111.58522

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Tungsten
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Forsterite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Scheelite
Orebody form:	THREE LENS - SHAPE ORE BODIES
Other material:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Enstatite, Magnetite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Skarn Zone, 50 Ft Wide, Along The Contact Zone.

References

MRDS	DC14732
DEP	10021033
Reference	{Deposit:: BULLOCK,K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 88, P. 72.}{Deposit:: JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 87-88.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971}
Reporter	Unknown, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)