Mine detail: Antelope Property

Previously called 'Antelope Claims Nos. 3 Thru 18Lodestar Claims Nos. 1 Thru 60.'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.80653, -119.58853

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Iron
Ore:	Cinnabar, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1929

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Nw- And Ne-Trending Faults. Volcanics Strike North, Dip Gently East., Nw- And Ne-Trending Faults And Fractures.
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Silicification, Argillization, Hydrothermal.

References

MRDS	M055254
DEP	10040461
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: OVERTON, 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY AND WASHOE COUNTIES: NBMG BULL. 46}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931 - B.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVAD NBMG BULL. 41.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H, F, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 70.}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 269.}{Deposit:: BENSON, W. T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON: USBM RI 5285.}{Deposit:: CATHRALL, J. B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUMBOLDT AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002.}{Production:: LAPOINTE, D.D., UNPUBLISHED RECORDS: NBMG.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D. D., Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)