The Old Faithful Mine is a copper mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 7,759 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,759 Feet (2,365 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.19861, -111.29500
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Old Faithful Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Faithful Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: Miners Mountain Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Riley R. Osborn
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs - Teasdale Anticline
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Teasdale Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 18 INCH CHIP. CU - 625 PPM. PB - 175 PPM, 2 N - 250 PPM. NI - 310 PPM, AG - 6 PPM, AU - .08 PPM
Analytical Data: 3 FT. CHANNEL - CU-290 PPM. PB-3460 PPM, 2N-337 PPM, NI-100 PPM, AG-21 PPM, AU-LESS THAN .02 PPM
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 17
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS EVIDENT ONLY FROM FLOAT. NO MINERALIZATION OBSERVED IN BED ROCK.
Comment (Workings): UNDER GROUND WORKINGS CAVED AT PORTAL
References
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON SMITH ETAL PROFESSIONAL PAPER
Reference (Production): ORAL COMMUNICATION - RILEY OSBORN, MINE OWNER
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER B. S., PROFESSIONAL PAPER
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, L.F., GEOLOGIC REPORT, HAPPY JACK CLAIMS.
Reference (Deposit): MUTH, J.V., 1965, THE GEOLOGY OF MINERS MOUNTAIN (A PRELIMINARY REPORT): WRITTEN FOR RILEY R. OSBORN, TORREY, UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F. J., JR., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDKE, R. G., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD CO., UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 363 .
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, G. F., HEIKES, V. C., AND OTHERS, 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER III .
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