Winner Mine

The Winner Mine is a antimony mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,520 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: Winner Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

Elevation: 7,520 Feet (2,292 Meters)

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 38.10778, -111.87583

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Winner Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Winner 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: Realgar
Gangue: Orpiment


Comments

Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 3 SHORT ADITS, SOME BULLDOZER WORK, ALL CAVED

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 THE COYOTE MINING DISTRICT PRODUCED SOME ORE.

Comment (Deposit): DIP IS GENTLE, LENTICULAR STRINGERS 2 - 6 INCHES LONG AND 1/4 TO 2 INCHES THICK (STIBNITE)


References

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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