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Antimony Blossom Prospect

Prospect in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037424
MRDS ID M035136
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Blossom Prospect
Alternate or previous names Antimony Queen, Star #10

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17595, 38.37632 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6N 34E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION, LAWRENCE'S REFERENCE PLACES PROSPECT IN SECTION 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE ANTIMONY OXIDE OCCURS AS PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER BLADED STIBNITE. YELLOW ANTIMONY OXIDE OCCURS AS PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER SML. SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE AND AS POWDERY COATINGS ON QUARTZ AND WALL ROCK ADJACENT OT VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Iron-Staining

Analytical data

Result MAIN VEIN AVERAGES 3-5 PERCENT ANTIMONY SAMPLE FROM OPEN CUT AVERAGED 23.49 PERCENT SB, 5.40 OUNCES AG PER TON AND NO AU OR SE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17595, 38.37632
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLEBS, PODS, VEINLETS
    Strike N55E
    Dip 70NW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Single Crystals, Blebs, Pods Up To 16 Inches Across And Veinlets Occur Within Qtz. Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • SURFACE:NORTH TRENDING SHEAR ZONE HAS BEEN EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 70 FT. BY A DOZER CUT IN DOMINATELY MASSIVE CHERT INTERBEDDED WITH SANDSTONE. STIBNITE IN LENTICULAR PODS OR MASSIVELY IN QUARTZ STRINGERS OCCUR WITHIN THE SHEAR ZONE. THE EXAMINER WAS JACK QUADE(4/20/89). THIS IS A SAMPLE SITE #3585(TINGLEY MAP)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Salvador Urrutia
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN OPEN CUT. SURFACE WORKS FROM DOZER CUTS WITHIN LAST TWO YEARS(NOTE:THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY FOLLOW UP WORK).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 61;P. 117.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 42: GEOCHEM. RECCONNAISSANCE FOR CAMP DOUGLASS AND MOHO MTN. QUAD., MINERAL CO., NV.

  • Deposit

    STAR # 10 CLAIM; SILVER STAR DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DIST. FILES (TINGLEY)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Fiebelkorn, J.B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Stewart, J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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