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Unnamed Antimony Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040322
MRDS ID M055039
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Antimony Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Location Sprr
Related records 10222127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24791, 40.23046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 033E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dun Glen Formation
    Rock description Dun Glen Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24791, 40.23046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CONGLOMERATIC LIMESTONE IS PART OF THE DUN GLEN. FORMATION GOSSAN AND CALCITE VEINS ALONG FAULT IN CONGLOMERATIC LIMTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Knob District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SO PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO 94105

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, ET. AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MTN. QUAD., PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS MAP GQ821.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN AND CALCITE VEINS ALONG FAULT IN CONGLOMERATIC LIMESTONE
Deposit DEPOSIT SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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