Antimony East

The Antimony East is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Antimony East  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

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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