Tremolite Asbestos Mine

Sulphurdale, Utah

38.5816°N 112.8413°W

Mine Overview

The Tremolite Asbestos Mine is near Sulphurdale, Utah. Historically the site has been part of the Antelope Spring Mining District. The Tremolite Asbestos Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Production size when active was considered to be small. Mine operations consist of underground workings. There is one known shaft. Subsurface depth reaches a maximum of 18 meters (60 feet) and extends 18 meters (60 feet) in length. The ore mined is composed of tremolite, chalcopyrite and malachite. The ore body is described as tabular shaped 3 meters (10 feet) wide and 3 meters (10 feet) thick. The host rock in this area is diorite from the Holocene epoch 11,784 years ago to present. The Great Basin of the Intermontane Plateaus characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

Site identification and general characteristics. Learn about USGS mines.

Asbestos Primary Commodity
Copper Secondary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Mine Development Status^?
Vein Mine Type^?
Ore Mineral In Place Discovery Method^?
Small Production Size^?
Non-Metallic Site Commodity Type^?
Small Mine Size^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Tremolite Current

Owner Name and Address

Eugene Hodges

Type: Owner-Operator

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Asbestos Non-Metallic Primary
Copper Metallic Tertiary

Location Info

Millard , Utah County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States Utah Millard

Notes

NW1/4, SW1/4, NW1/4 SECTION 2

Meridian / Township / Range Description

Meridian^? Township^? Section^? Aliquot^?
Salt Lake Meridian T.26S R.9W Sec. 2 NW

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
State -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Antelope Spring Mining District

Workings

Workings at the site.

Underground Workings #1

Type: Underground
Surface Area: 0.005 Hectares
Surface Length: 18.29 Meters
Surface Width: 3.05 Meters
Sub Surface Length: 18.29 Meters
Sub Surface Depth: 18.29 Meters

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

Role^? Material^?
Ore Chalcopyrite
Ore Malachite
Ore Tremolite

Orebody

Characteristics of the ore body.

Width: 3.05 meters (10.01 feet)
Top Depth: 6.10 meters (20.01 feet)
Bottom Depth: 15.24 meters (50.00 feet)
Thickness: 3.05 meters (10.01 feet)

Rocks

Geological materials at the site.

Class^? 1st Order Name^? 2nd Order Name^? 3rd Order Name^? 4th Order Name^? Most Specific Name^? Begin Time End Time Description^?
Host Rock Cambrian Undifferentiated Limestone Unconsolidated Deposit Alluvium - Alluvium - - -
Host Rock Plutonic Rock Mafic Intrusive Rock Diorite - Diorite Holocene Holocene -
Mineralization - - - - - Pliocene Pliocene -

Structure

Geologic structural features affecting or characterizing the site or mine.

Scale Description
Local Local Faults
Regional Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile

Tectonic

Tectonic setting in which the site or deposit is situated.

Setting^?
Cordilleran Hingeline

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

Division Province^? Section
Intermontane Plateaus Basin And Range Province Great Basin

Alteration

Mineralogical and chemical alteration at or near the site, which may help to indicate the geographic extent of the geological processes producing the mine.

Type^? Alterations
Local Marblization

Ore Control

Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.

Text^?
Fractures & Proximity To Dike

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

Sulphurdale (14.09 miles away)
Milford (15.71 miles away)
Manderfield (18.86 miles away)
Adamsville (22.48 miles away)
Greenville (23.66 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Antelope Spring Mining District (0 miles away)
Antelope-Roosevelt Hot Springs Mining District (3.52 miles away)

Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

¹ World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

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