Gem Mine

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Antimony
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015469
MRDS ID DB01229
Record type Site
Current site name Gem Mine
Related records 10300548

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91271, 38.10026 (WGS84)
Elevation 2201
Relative position S. SIDE OF ANTIMONY CANYON, 3300 FT. WEST OF MILL RUIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antimony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 001W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECTION 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Orpiment Gangue
Realgar Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result DUG TRENCHES TESTED AT SEVERAL LOCALITIES NEAR CLAIM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91271, 38.10026

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTILS, PODS, IRREGULAR MASSES, ROSETTES, THIN SEAMS
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 8 DEG NE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 457.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Horizon In Middle Of Exposed Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Coyote

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS BELIEVED THAT MOST CLAIMS IN COYOTE MINING DISTRICT PRODUCED SOME ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACREAGE NOT DEFINED, TONNAGE FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT GIVEN WITH 17-ANTIMONY-2

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TO 3 SHORT ADITS, SOME INACCESSIBLE OR CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: TRAVER, W. M., 1949 , USBM REPT. INV. 4470

  • Deposit

    TRAVER, W. M., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF THE COYOTE CREEK ANTIMONY DEPOSITS, GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: US BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4470 .

  • Deposit

    SMITH, T. L., 1957 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE ANTIMONY CANYON AREA, GARFIELD AND PIUTE COUNTIES, UTAH: M. S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1949 RECON USBM RI 4470

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STIBNITE STRINGERS CRISS-CROSS IN A 12 FOOT ZONE; THICKEST STRINGER IS 1 INCH THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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