Alta Mine

The Alta Mine is a antimony mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 7,562 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: Alta Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

Elevation: 7,562 Feet (2,305 Meters)

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 38.1075, -111.87580

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Alta Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Alta 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: Limonite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Epsomite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Calcite


Comments

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

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


References

Reference (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH:U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S.,LOUGHLIN,G.F.,HEIKES,V.C.,AND OTHERS,1920,THE

Reference (Deposit): UTAH ANTIMONY COMPANY:5 P.

Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL,THOMPSON,1907,REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,THE

Reference (Deposit): P. 58-66, PLATE 9.

Reference (Deposit): AREA:UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 102

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY,UTAH AND ADJOINING

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN,EUGENE,1973,COYOTE MINING DISTRICT IN MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): U.S.BUREAU OF MINES,1950,MATERIALS SURVEY ANTIMONY:P. III-22

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES COMPUTER FILE, 70 P.

Reference (Deposit): NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY REPORTING FORMS FOR CRIB

Reference (Deposit): AND MINERAL SURVEY FOR U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY:STATE OF UTAH

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP,BRYCE T.,1982,CRIB RECORDS COMPILED BY UTAH GEOLOGICAL

Reference (Deposit): P. 562-563.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): M.R.DALEY DURING DECEMBER 1982 AND JANUARY 1983.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING,HELLMUT,1982,PERSONAL TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS WITH

Reference (Production): 30 P.

Reference (Production): DEPOSITS,GARFIELD COUNTY,UTAH:U.S.BUREAU OF MINES R.I.4470

Reference (Production): TRAVER,W.M.,1949,INVESTIGATION OF COYOTE CREEK ANTIMONY

Reference (Deposit): DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY MASTERS THESIS,P. 1, 3, &32.

Reference (Deposit): GARFIELD AND PIUTE COUNTIES,UTAH:UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

Reference (Deposit): SMITH,THEODORE LEE,1957,THE GEOLOGY OF ANTIMONY CANYON AREA


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