The Alta Mine is a antimony mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,559 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: 7,559 Feet (2,304 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.1075, -111.87583
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Alta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alta Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Coyote
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1889
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTILS, PODS, IRREGULAR MASSES, ROSETTES, THIN SEAMS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Orpiment
Gangue: Realgar
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ACREAGE NOT DEFINED, TONNAGE FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT GIVEN WITH 17-ANTIMONY-Z
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECTION 22
Comment (Production): IT IS BELIEVED THAT MOST CLAIMS IN COYOTE MINING DISTRICT PRODUCED SOME ORE.
Comment (Deposit): GENTLE DIPS, ZONE THICKNESS NOT OBSERVABLE, ROSETTES 1 - 2 INCH, VEINLETS 0.5 - 1.5 INCH, LENTILS 2 - 4 INCHES IN LENGTH, SENARMONTITE ROSETTES TO 3 INCHES
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT? CAVED ADITS
References
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 R. I. 4470
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H. H., 1975
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, T. L., 1957 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE ANTIMONY CANYON AREA, GARFIELD AND PIUTE COUNTIES, UTAH: M. S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 .
Reference (Deposit): TRAVER, W. M., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF THE COYOTE CREEK ANTIMONY DEPOSITS, GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4470 .
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