Panther Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042523
MRDS ID M060340
Record type Site
Current site name Panther Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Rye Patch Antimony, Imlay ?
Related records 10271363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22737, 40.44795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position IN PANTHER CANYON, SOUTHSIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 033E 24,23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 1/2 MI. W OF UNIONVILLE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22737, 40.44795

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, VEINS
    Strike N30E
    Dip 70SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS, STREAKS, & CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ PODS, VEINS, & STRINGERS IN BOTH SHEAR ZONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rye Patch District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin, Louis
    Home office Lovelock, Nv
    Last year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin, Wayne
    Home office Reno, Nv
    Last year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1940-41
    Material ORE SB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^28% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Antimony Antimony 28wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS AND AN OPEN CUT THAT CONNECTS WITH THE UPPER ADIT.

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, 1944, GSA BULL. VOL. 55, NO. 82

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA

  • Deposit

    5) LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., MAP, MR-25

  • Deposit

    6) VITALIANO, 1944, GSA BULL., VOL 55, NO. 82

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF RYE PATCH DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE IS LOCATED ON A DIABASE DIKE THAT HAS INTRUDED & FAULT BETWEEN RHYOLITE OF THE KOIPATO FORMATION AND LIMESTONE OF THE STAR PEAK FORMATION. TWO SHEAR ZONES OCCURED, ONE ON THE HANGING WALL (BETWEEN DIKE AND RHYOLITE) AND THE OTHER ON THE FOOT WALL (BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND DIKE.) THE DIKE IS COMPOSED OF LABRADORITE, PIGEONITE, OLIVINE, IDDINGSITE AND CHLORITE. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS, STREAKS AND CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ PODS, VEINS AND STRINGERS.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Deposit THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS AND AN OPEN CUT WHICH CONNECTS WITH THE UPPER ADIT. THE MINE IS LOCATED ON A DIABASE DIKE WHICH HAS INTRUDED A FAULT BETWEEN RHYOLITE OF THE KOIPATO FM. AND THE STAR PEAK FORMATION (LIMESTONE). TWO SHEAR ZONES OCCURRED, ONE ON HANGING WALL (BETWEEN DIKE & RHYOLITE) AND ONE ON THE FOOTWALL (BETWEEN THE LIMESTONE AND DIKE). DIKE IS COMPOSED OF LABRADORITE, PIGEONITE, OLIVINE, IDDINGSITE, & CHLORITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references

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