| Deposit ID | 10043980 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231293 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Antimony King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cottonwood Canyon, Columbia & Mountain King Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.10067, 40.5999 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2057 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N;031N | 023E;043E | 35;;02 | Nevada |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Result | A SAMPLE OF THE ORE MINED IN 1871 ASSAYED 62.3% SB AND 6.6% BI. |
|---|
| Model code | 180 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27d |
| Deposit model name | Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc) |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Scott Canyon Formation |
| Rock description | Scott Canyon Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | -117.10067, 40.5999 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Folding Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults"; Nw-Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N17E |
| Dip | 75W |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Year of first production | 1871 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pine, J. M. |
| First year | 1912 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231293 |
STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H. AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 88
HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594
WHITE, D. E., 1942, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON COTTONWOOD CANYON OR ANTIMONY KING MINE NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN, LANDER CO., NEV: ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. MINE
ROBERTS, R. J. AND D. C. ARNOLD, 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN, REPLACEMENT IN FAULT ZONE |
| Deposit | DISCOVERED ABOUT 1870. THE DEPOSITS WERE KNOWN IN 1871, AND WERE WORKED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE SINCE THEN. IN 1912, 3 CLAIMS ON THE STRIKE OF THE DEPOSIT WERE OWNED BY J. M. PINE. PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHAFTS ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE, 50 TO 100 FT. DEEP, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW CUTS AND SHAFTS AND TUNNELS IN THE GULCHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIDGE. SOME PRODUCTION IN 1871 AND FROM 1939 TO 1941 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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