Mine detail: Blue Ribbon

Previously called 'ReidBoyce'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.74351, -116.08204

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Stibnite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1940

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	Both Footwall & Hanging Wall Of The Vein Have Been Argillized

References

MRDS	M233336
DEP	10045569
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: GRANGER A.E. (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BALL 54.}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL G1}{Production:: SMITH, R.M. (1976)}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.