Hard Luck-Pradier Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Antimony
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10045188
MRDS ID M232874
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Luck-Pradier Mine
Alternate or previous names Romado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.12426, 39.30631 (WGS84)
Relative position 1000 FT NORTH OF BRAY-BEULAH MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(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)

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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 043E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tetrahedrite Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.12426, 39.30631

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS IN A SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA, THAT STRIKES N 20DGE W IN GRAY TO BLACK SHALE AND SLATE THAT STRIKE ABOUT N 45DGE W AND DIP 60DGE NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPEN PIT AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS CONNECTED TO AN ORE BIN AT THE CREEK LEVEL BY AN INCLINED TRAMWAY 1,015 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER , H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA IN SHALE AND SLATE.
Deposit THIS MINE WAS ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE PERIOD 1936-1958, PRODUCING ABOUT 75 TONS OF ANTIMONY METAL FROM AN OPEN PIT AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS. THE OPEN PIT AND UPPER ADITS WERE CONNECTED TO AN ORE BIN AT THE CREEK LEVEL BY AN INCLINED TRAMWAY 1,015 FT LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.