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Volcanic Peak Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037588
MRDS ID M035579
Record type Site
Current site name Volcanic Peak Mine
Alternate or previous names Bigongiari, Smith, Evening Star, Shay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07122, 38.50575 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite After Pyrite

Analytical data

Result STOCKPILE GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED: 25.53 PERCENT SB
Result 2.20 OUNCES AG
Result 0.1 PERCENT PB
Result 0.1 PERCENT ZN
Result 0.01 PERCENT CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07122, 38.50575
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLEBS, PODS
    Strike N65E
    Dip 80N
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Discoverer Burchard

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TRENCHES AND 15 FT. ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1983 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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