Old Faithful Mine

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088134
MRDS ID DB00743
Record type Site
Current site name Old Faithful Mine
Related records 10179677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29575, 38.19859 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position 3.7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROVER, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 006E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3 FT. CHANNEL - CU-290 PPM. PB-3460 PPM, 2N-337 PPM, NI-100 PPM, AG-21 PPM, AU-LESS THAN .02 PPM
Result 18 INCH CHIP. CU - 625 PPM. PB - 175 PPM, 2 N - 250 PPM. NI - 310 PPM, AG - 6 PPM, AU - .08 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sinbad Member Of Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Sinbad Member Of Moenkopi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.29575, 38.19859

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Teasdale Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 38 DEG E
    Dip 13 DEG NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Discoverer Mitchel Brothers

Mining district

District name Miners Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Riley R. Osborn

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDER GROUND WORKINGS CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS EVIDENT ONLY FROM FLOAT. NO MINERALIZATION OBSERVED IN BED ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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