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

MRDSM231726
DEP10044328
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}
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)