Antelope Mine

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015452
MRDS ID DB01161
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Mine
Related records 10252064

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24022, 38.52469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 3/4 OF A MILE WEST NORTHWEST OF SAGE FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 004W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 21 , T 26 S, R 4 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PPM: CU = 15 , PB = 58 , ZN = 26 , MO = 44 , AG = 2 , AU = LESS THAN .02

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Red Hills Caldera

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Durkee District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Energy Fuels Nuclear Corp., Western Nuclear, Deer Trail Development Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT AND A SHAFT, EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GRAB SAMPLE

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references