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Dees Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037257
MRDS ID M031219
Record type Site
Current site name Dees Mine
Alternate or previous names Bisoni Prospect, Hollan, Raftice, Munter.
Related records 10198061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.577, 39.96909 (WGS84)
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF NEWORK VALLEY ON A NORTHWEST SPUR OF NORTH (BIG) BALD MTN, 400 FT BELOW ITS SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bald Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
24N 57E 8 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.577, 39.96909
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE AT THE MINE IS BRECCIATED IN A N10W ZONE. STIBNITE IN 4 INCH PODS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS, MOSTLY OXIDIZED. SB OXIDE COMMONLY ENCLOSES THE STIBNITE CRYSTALS, AND FORMS CELLULAR BOXWORKS AND PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER THE STIBNITE NEEDLES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maynard And Lester Bisoni
    First year 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE TWO PITS AND ONE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EDMOND F., 1963 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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