Grand Central Mine, Mammoth, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA

A very rich, old-time and showy specimen of sparkly, dark-green brochantite micro-crystals on malachite-lined vugs in quartz from the famous and long-closed Grand Central Mine in Utah. Classic and very fine Utah material with the paper label affixed to the side of the piece. VERY RARE from the Grand Central Mine. 5.2 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Jackstraw cerussite. The main crystal going across is 5cm. Rick Dalrymple Collection. Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

An intertwined cluster of "ropey" goethite. It appears to be a pseudomorph of something else. I acquired this from Chisel and Stope (Scott Seal - Salt Lake City area, Utah). Here's a description about the Grand Central Mine from Scott: "The Grand Central Mine first produced ore in 1872, and produced ore for nearly 100 years, finally closing in ...

© Alexander Wong

The massive mine dump at the Grand Central Mine which connects to the Centennial Eureka mine underground on the 2,000 ft. level, however the water level reaches to the 1,800ft. Level. Photo taken July 18, 2014.

© Alex Earl 2014

1908 photo (1/2 of stereograph), Library of Congress photo collection.

The Grand Central was one of the only mines in the district with an all steel headframe. Here miners are slowing for a photograph in front of the headframe. This photograph was taken ca. 1890’s by W. H. Palmer, and can be found in the book “The Home of the Dividend Payers”.

An interesting photograph of miners and an ore cart in a stope underground in the Grand Central mine. It’s not known what level of the mine this was taken on. This photograph was taken ca. 1890’s by W. H. Palmer, and can be found in the book “The Home of the Dividend Payers”.

This is the mine superintendent inspecting the face of a vein exposed on the 2,100ft. level of the Grand Central mine. This photograph was taken ca. 1890’s by W. H. Palmer, and can be found in the book “The Home of the Dividend Payers”.

Miners with an ore cart stand at the station for the 2,100ft. level of the mine. This photograph was taken ca. 1890’s by W. H. Palmer, and can be found in the book “The Home of the Dividend Payers”.

This is an overview of the hoist house at the Grand Central mine with a description of the mine. The Grand Central was one of the larger producers in the district. This photograph was taken ca. 1890’s by W. H. Palmer, and can be found in the book “The Home of the Dividend Payers”.

Miners from the day shift stand outside the hoist house of the Grand Central mine. This photograph was taken ca. 1890’s by W. H. Palmer, and can be found in the book “The Home of the Dividend Payers”.

These are the men who worked the night shift at the Grand Central standing in front of the large hoist house. This photograph was taken ca. 1890’s by W. H. Palmer, and can be found in the book “The Home of the Dividend Payers”.