Lowman Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Gold, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045454
MRDS ID M233198
Record type Site
Current site name Lowman Mine
Alternate or previous names Mary E., Anna E., Beard, Jenney, Johnson, Thorne

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41873, 38.42409 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MI. E. OF PAMLICO; 1 MI. SW OF ASHBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metavolcanics Completely Sericitized Along Vein

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLES: TR. AU
Result 0.28-.70 OZ. AG
Result 1.64-4.06% SB
Result 0.96% PB
Result TR. AS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.41873, 38.42409

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lowman, A. B.
    Home office Glendale, Ca
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Beard, L. M., Wyatt, Hawthorne
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Period 1932-
    Material ORE SB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 7wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED 87-FOOT SHAFT WITH 117 FEET OF DRIFTING ON THE ADJOINING ADIT AND ON THE 45- AND 60-FOOT LEVELS DRIVEN FROM THE INCLINED SHAFT; PLUS A 17-FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT, TWO ADITS (32 & 75 FEET LONG), AND AN OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN VEIN: STRIKED N45E, DIPS 40-50SE, EXPLORED BY INCLINED SHAFT, ON ADIT LEVEL VEIN AVERAGES 18 INCHES IN THICKNESS & CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ RECEMENTED BY LATER QUARTZ. ON 45-FOOT LEVEL THE MAIN VEIN IS 36 INCHES WIDE BUT PINCHES TO 2 INCHES AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. BINDHEIMITE IS PRESENT AS BLEBS, PODS, & VEINLETS UP TO 8 INCHES WIDE IN THE QUARTZ. YELLOW SB-OXIDE PRESENT. PYRITE OCCURS AS BLEBS IN PODS AND CUBES OF LIMONITE, BOTH IN THE QUARTZ AND WALL ROCK. A NARROW VEIN OCCURS 350 FEET TO SOUTH AND STRIKES N35W, DIPS 85W WITH ONLY MINOR AMOUNT OF BINDHEIMITE AND SB-OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Royse, Sue E. 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

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