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Antimony Lode Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Lead, Arsenic
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044241
MRDS ID M231615
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Lode Prospect
Alternate or previous names Jefferson Canyon, Henebergh
Related records 10271320

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.99286, 38.71549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 0.76 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 044E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP & RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCKPILE ASSAYED 61.1 % SB, 0.13 % AS, 0.13 % PB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.99286, 38.71549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, SMALL STRINGERS, BLEBS, SINGLE CRYSTAL
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 40-70 SW
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In A Silicified Zone Striking N 30 W And Dipping 45-70 Sw.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jefferson Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John A Henebergh And Edward H. Michol

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT (CAVED) AND A 45 FT INCLINE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 143

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 143

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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