Mine detail: Antimonial Mine

Previously called 'SteelePetersonBatesReveilleBuckleySilvermonialBlack HawkCraig'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.03606, -116.17617

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Tertiary:	Silver, Gold, Selenium
Ore:	Antimony, Stibnite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	BLEBS, SMALL PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLADED AGGREGATES, SINGLE CRYSTALS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Antelope Valley Limestone Of Copenhagen Formation
Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Williams Ridge Tuff;Morey Peak Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Fault Separates Lithologies
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Rhyolite; Oxidation Of Stibnite Toyellow And White Antimony Oxides; Argillization Of Phenocrystsin Rhyolite.

References

MRDS	M231726
DEP	10044328
Reference	{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 135-137}{Deposit:: EKREN, EB, ROGERS, CL, AND DIXON, GL, 1973, GEOL. & BOUGUES GRAVITY MAP OF THE REVEILLE QUAD: USGS MAP I-806.}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 50}{Production:: LAWRENCE, 1963}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)