The Gem Mine is a antimony mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,221 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: 7,221 Feet (2,201 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.1003, -111.91190
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Gem Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gem Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Coyote District
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Melville Ltd.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1983
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Gophering (Coyoting)
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1879
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Epsomite
Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): MELVILLE LIMITED IS A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AS DEFINED UNDER UTAH CORPORATE LAW. IT IS A WHOLLY-OWNED FAMILY CORPORATION HEADED BY MARVIN A. MELVILLE. THE SEVEN FAMILY MEMBERS EACH HOLD AN EQUAL INTEREST IN THE PATENTED CLAIMS UNDER THE TERMS OF INCORPORATION. MARVIN A. MELVILLE, FATHER, HEAD-OF-HOUSEHOLD 16% OWNER RENEE R. MELVILLE, 14% OWNER MARTY MELVILLE, 14% OWNER SHARI MELVILLE, 14% OWNER MINDY MELVILLE, 14% OWNER RENEE B. MELVILLE, CUSTODIAN FOR: SHELLY MELVILLE, 14% OWNER MOLLY JEAN MELVILLE, 14% OWNER
Comment (Deposit): THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE NUMBERS WERE USED TO CREATE THE ANTIMONY CANYON GROUP REPORT: 0490170132 ALTA MINE 0490170140 BALTIMORE-MARYLAND MINE 0490170243 EMMA-ALBION MINE 0490170251 FAULT-SLICE MINE 0490170257 GEM MINE 0490170332 MAMMOTH MINE 0490170380 PLUTO MINE STAR 0490170436 STEBINITE MINE 0490170439 STELLA MINE 0490170546 WINNER MINE
References
Reference (Production): DEPOSITS,GARFIELD COUNTY,UTAH:U.S.BUREAU OF MINES R.I.4470
Reference (Production): 30 P.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING,HELLMUT,1982,PERSONAL TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS WITH
Reference (Reserve-Resource): M.R.DALEY DURING DECEMBER 1982 AND JANUARY 1983.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S.,LOUGHLIN,G.F.,HEIKES,V.C.,AND OTHERS,1920,THE
Reference (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH:U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
Reference (Deposit): P. 562-563.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP,BRYCE T.,1982,CRIB RECORDS COMPILED BY UTAH GEOLOGICAL
Reference (Deposit): AND MINERAL SURVEY FOR U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY:STATE OF UTAH
Reference (Deposit): NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY REPORTING FORMS FOR CRIB
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES COMPUTER FILE, 70 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S.BUREAU OF MINES,1950,MATERIALS SURVEY ANTIMONY:P. III-22
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN,EUGENE,1973,COYOTE MINING DISTRICT IN MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY,UTAH AND ADJOINING
Reference (Deposit): AREA:UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 102
Reference (Deposit): P. 58-66, PLATE 9.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL,THOMPSON,1907,REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,THE
Reference (Deposit): UTAH ANTIMONY COMPANY:5 P.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH,THEODORE LEE,1957,THE GEOLOGY OF ANTIMONY CANYON AREA
Reference (Deposit): GARFIELD AND PIUTE COUNTIES,UTAH:UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Reference (Deposit): DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY MASTERS THESIS,P. 1, 3, &32.
Reference (Production): TRAVER,W.M.,1949,INVESTIGATION OF COYOTE CREEK ANTIMONY
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