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Sage Hen Prospect

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Barium-Barite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045152
MRDS ID M232822
Record type Site
Current site name Sage Hen Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97065, 41.53184 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McAfee Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 042N 053E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INDEPENDENCE RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97065, 41.53184
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Burns Basin

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STIBNITE AND INTERSTITIAL BARITE
Deposit DEVELOPED BY TWO PITS, A THRUST FAULT, DIPPING GENTLY TO THE WEST HAS BROUGHT SHSLE, LIMESTONE, AND METAVOLCANICS OVER PROSPECT MT. QUARTEITE WHICH LOCALLAY IS BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ. VEINLETS OF QUARTZ CONTAIN PODS, BLEBS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE AND INTERSTITIAL BARITE. BARITE OCCURS AS EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS UP TO 2 INCHES LONG. THE STIBNITE IS PARTIALLY ALTERED TO POWDERY TO UITREOUS YELLOW AND FIBROUS WHITE ANTIMONY OXIDES. (LAWRENCE, P50-51)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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