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Antelope Property

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Iron, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040461
MRDS ID M055254
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Property
Alternate or previous names Antelope Claims Nos. 3 Thru 18, Lodestar Claims Nos. 1 Thru 60.
Related records 10125304

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.58853, 41.80653 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELDON ANTELOPE RANGE HEADQUATERS AND 9MILES NORTH OF MASSACRE LAKE IN BALD MOUNTAIN CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guano(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 021E 22,23,24 N (22); S (23); N (24) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE 18 CLAIMS EXTEND 2 MILES ALONG BALD MOUNTAIN CREEK FROM CRESLER SPRING EAST. THEY ARE NOT WITHIN SHELDON NATIONAL ANTELOPE REFUGE BOUNDARIES. UTM IS FOR WESTERN BOUNDARY OF CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSIDERABLE PULVERULENT CINNABAR ON NUMBER 10 CLAIM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Silicification, Argillization, Hydrothermal.

Analytical data

Result BEST 10-INCH SEAM OF 0.7% CONTAINED 0.12% HG AS MERCURIC CHLORIDE (14 LB/TON).

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.58853, 41.80653
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw- And Ne-Trending Faults. Volcanics Strike North, Dip Gently East.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw- And Ne-Trending Faults And Fractures.

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 55 NE TO VERTICAL
    Width 0.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Fault Breccia, Shr Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Lone Pine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colton Log And Lumber Co. (Many Shallow Trenches And Pits Were Dug, Mostly On The Antelope No
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. B. Mathews And W. S. Miller

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 1/2 FLASK HG RECOVERED THAT WAS REPORTED; MAY BE MORE. ORE RUNS 14 LB/TON IN BEST SEAM.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE CAVED INCLINED SHAFT 80 FEET DEEP, 39 TRENCHES, 113 PITS.

Comments on development

  • EPITHERMAL; VEIN/FRACTURE FILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY AND WASHOE COUNTIES: NBMG BULL. 46

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931 - B.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVAD NBMG BULL. 41.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H, F, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 70.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 269.

  • Deposit

    BENSON, W. T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON: USBM RI 5285.

  • Deposit

    CATHRALL, J. B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUMBOLDT AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002.

  • Production

    LAPOINTE, D.D., UNPUBLISHED RECORDS: NBMG.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PULVURENT CINNABAR OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES, SEAMS.
Deposit DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1939. BATCH-TYPE FURNACE INSTALLED 1955-56.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M232563, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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