Mine detail: Bootstrap Mine

Previously called 'Antimony IkeAntimony Pete'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.01879, -116.41704

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Orebody form: STOCKWORK
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stockwork
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1918; 1958-1959; 1974-1984; 1987
First production started: 1918

Geology

Host rock:Bootstrap Limestone;Bootstrap Limestone;Unknown;Unknown
Host type:Mudstone
Structure:Roberts Mountain Thrust Fault, Steep North Trending Faults Intruded By Dikes.
Alteration processes:Sericitization, Silicification, Argillization. Dikes Are Sericitized. Within Carbonate Sediments, Cherty Replacement Silicification Along Faults And Joints Diminishes Laterally In Intensity And Grades Into Argillic Alteration. Argillized Zones Grade Into Fresh Country Rock.

References

MRDSM232818
DEP10045149
Reference{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 61.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES (1981) DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1980}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1986, BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS AND PROSPECTS IN NEVADA, NBMG MAP 91.}{Deposit:: NMBG, 1987, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1986, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1986}{Deposit:: BAKER, E.D., 1991, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BOOTSTRAP SUBDISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 619-623.}{Deposit:: NMBG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990}{Reserve-Resource:: NMBG, 1987, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1986, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1986 NMBG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990}
ReporterKirkham, Richard A., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.)