Mine detail: Flower Antimony Mine

Previously called 'Fiorite, Logan, Bar, Duane Group, Kernick Divide Mining Co.,Kernick DuaneNBMG Sample Site #2035, Flower Mine.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.66632, -116.91508

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Mercury, Selenium, Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar, Stibnite
Orebody form:	PODDY, BLADED CRYSTAL AGGREGATE, RADIATING CLUSTERS, SINGLE CRYSTALS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Wood Canyon Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Phyllite,Shale,Siltstone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Deposit Is Just Above A Thrust Fault
Alteration processes:	Minor Silicification.

References

MRDS	M231507
DEP	10111439
Reference	{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 99B WITH 1:250,000 SCALE MAP.}{Deposit:: ERVINE, W.B., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT: NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: STANFORD UNIV. PHD. THESIS, 127 P.}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 61.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA (NBMG ?).}{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD/SITE EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE SELECTION FOR ANALYSES.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Jones, David A. (Usgs-Mio)