Fault Slice

The Fault Slice is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fault Slice

Commodity

Tertiary: 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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Limonite
Gangue: Orpiment
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: CN 1/2 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECTION 21

Comment (Deposit): ONLY A FEW ROSETTES OF STIBNITE OBSERVED

Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS, 30 AND 50 FT. LONG

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ACREAGE NOT DEFINED, TONNAGE FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT GIVEN WITH 17-ANTIMONY-Z

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

Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1975

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