Emma - Albion

The Emma - Albion is a antimony mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,241 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

Name: Emma - Albion  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

Elevation: 7,241 Feet (2,207 Meters)

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 38.10556, -111.89389

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Emma - Albion MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Emma - Albion


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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Lay And Jensen, Jct., Utah


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, ROSSETTES, 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

Analytical Data: ALBION, 19 SAMPLE AVG. = 0.52 PERCENT SB. (TRENCHES AND CUTS - 5 FT. EACH)
Analytical Data: EMMA, 83 SAMPLE AVG. = 0.39 PERCENT SB


Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Orpiment
Gangue: Realgar


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECTION 21

Comment (Reserve-Resource): IN-PLACE RESOURCES FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT

Comment (Deposit): DIP IS GENTLE; STIBNITE STRINGERS CRISS-CROSS IN ZONE, THICKEST STIBNITE BODIES, 1 FOOT THICK

Comment (Workings): LARGE BULLDOZED AREA, SEVERAL ADITS

Comment (Production): LARGEST PRODUCER, TONNAGES UNKNOWN, ANTIMONY VALUED AT $130,000 FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT


References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: TRAVER, W. M., 1949 , USBM REPT. INV. 4470

Reference (Deposit): TRAVER, W. M., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF THE COYOTE CREEK ANTIMONY DEPOSITS, GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4470 .

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): 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


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