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Amos Stibnite Occurrence

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Molybdenum, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037017
MRDS ID M030032
Record type Site
Current site name Amos Stibnite Occurrence
Related records 10222752

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80098, 41.37489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position NEAR OLD AMOS STAGE STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 037E 33,34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N. END BLOODY RUN HILLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80098, 41.37489
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amos

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEVADA; NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 61.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J., 1962, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL AMOUNTS OF STIBNITE ASSOCIATED WAS QUARTZ WAS REPORTED ON THE DUMP OF ONE OF THE MINES AT CANE SPRINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Theodore, Ted G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Lapointe, D. D Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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