The Antimony East is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.10111, -111.87444
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Antimony East MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antimony East
Commodity
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Coyote
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Awapa Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: ROSETTES, LENTILS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Realgar
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Orpiment
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECTION 23 .
Comment (Deposit): DIP IS GENTLE, ORE ZONE VEES INTO CANYON, THICKNESS NOT DETERMINABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): TRAVER, W. M., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF COYOTE CREEK ANTIMONY DEPOSITS, GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4470 .
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, T. L., 1957 , THE GEOLOGY IF ANTIMONY CAYON AREA, GARFIELD AND PIUTE COUNTIES, UTAH: M. S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 39 , P.
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 102 - 135 P.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1949 RECON USBM RI
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1975
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