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Sutherland Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042576
MRDS ID M060406
Record type Site
Current site name Sutherland Mine
Alternate or previous names Reid, Salvation, Kermesite, Thies-Hutchins
Related records 10222521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25958, 40.21129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position EAST OF COAL CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Canyon(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)

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 027N 033E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LOVELOCK (1956) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result MOST ORE SHIPPED WAS 20-40% SB
Result LOW GRADE MATERIAL AVERAGED 5-10% SB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.25958, 40.21129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Plunging Anticline; High Angle Cross Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N
    Dip 80W TO 80E
    Plunge 80W-80E
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Richer And Larger In Sandste Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN A QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 48 INCHES IN WIDTH THAT CUTS THE COUNTRY ROCK, STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS, STREAKS, BLEBS, AND SINGLERYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Black Knob District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 1,700 TONS SBMETAL BY 1964

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME ORE IS PROBABLY LEFT AS PLANS TO REOPEN WERE MAE IN 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS, A 220-FT SHAFT, AND A 158-FT INCLINED WINZE

Comments on development

  • FIRST WORKED IN 1870. ABOUT 3000 TONS OF 20% SB ORE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1914. BETWEEN 1915 AND 1918 IT WAS THE LARGEST ANTIMONY PRODUCER IN NEVADA. THE MINE WAS ACTIVE AGAIN IN 1948-49.

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

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1964, ANTIMONY, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 65 P. 59-65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 48 IN WIDE CUTS COUNTRY ROCK. STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS, STREAKS, BLEBS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Deposit SUTHERLAND MINE WAS FIRST WORKED IN 1870, ABOUT 3000 TONS OF 20% SB ORE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1914. BETWEEN 1915 AND 1918 IT WAS THE LARGEST ANTIMONY PRODER IN NEVADA. MINE WAS ACTIVE AGAIN IN 1948-49. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY THREE ADITS, A 220-FT. SHAFT AND A 158-FT. INCLINED WINZE THE MINE IS ON THE WESTERN LIMB OF A NW PLUNGING ANTICLINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. 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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