Antimony, Utah

Antimony is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.1 square miles (26 km2), all land.

[7] A party of 22 men came to the Antimony area in 1873 on a mission to make peace with the local Fish Lake band of Indians.

In 1880, deposits of the antimony ore stibnite were found in Coyote Canyon, and a mining industry began.

[8] Antimony is known throughout Central Utah for its Fourth of July fireworks display which consists of three bottle rockets and free sparklers for anyone over the age of 3.

[citation needed] As of the census[4] of 2010, there were 122 people, 40 households, and 32 families residing in the town.

Map of Utah highlighting Garfield County