Mine detail: Antimony King Mine

Previously called 'Cottonwood CanyonColumbia & Mountain King Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.5999, -117.10067

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Bismuth, Iron
Ore: Pyrite, Stibnite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1871

Geology

Host rock:Scott Canyon Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Shale,Chert
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Folding Thrust Faults, Ne-Trending Faults; Nw-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:Silicification Of Quartzite & Shale

References

MRDSM231293
DEP10043980
Reference{Deposit:: STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H. AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 88}{Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.}{Deposit:: WHITE, D. E., 1942, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON COTTONWOOD CANYON OR ANTIMONY KING MINE NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN, LANDER CO., NEV: ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. MINE}{Production:: ROBERTS, R. J. AND D. C. ARNOLD, 1965}
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