Mine detail: Old Faithful Mine

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Location: Wayne County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.19859, -111.29575
dep_id: 10088134
mrds_id: DB00743
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Pyrite
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_unit: Sinbad Member Of Moenkopi Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Teasdale Anticline
tectonic: Stable Platform
disc_yr: 1912
discr: Mitchel Brothers
References:
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, G. F., HEIKES, V. C., AND OTHERS, 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER III .
  • Deposit:: SMITH, F. J., JR., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDKE, R. G., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD CO., UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 363 .
  • Deposit:: MUTH, J.V., 1965, THE GEOLOGY OF MINERS MOUNTAIN (A PRELIMINARY REPORT): WRITTEN FOR RILEY R. OSBORN, TORREY, UTAH.
  • Deposit:: WELLS, L.F., GEOLOGIC REPORT, HAPPY JACK CLAIMS.
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER B. S., PROFESSIONAL PAPER
  • Deposit:: 1963 RECON SMITH ETAL PROFESSIONAL PAPER
  • Production:: ORAL COMMUNICATION - RILEY OSBORN, MINE OWNER
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