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Blue Ribbon

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045569
MRDS ID M233336
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ribbon
Alternate or previous names Reid, Boyce

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.08204, 41.74351 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maggie Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 044N 052E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • +/- 500 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Both Footwall & Hanging Wall Of The Vein Have Been Argillized

Analytical data

Result SEE LAWRENCE (1963) P. 57

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.08204, 41.74351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N75W
    Dip SW
    Width 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANTIMONY OCCURS PRIMARILY AS STRINGERS OF STIBNITE, IN THE QUARTZ VEINS, BUT ALSO SPARSELY DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE QUARTZ. THE STIBNITE IS COARSE-GRAINED AND HAS NOT BEEN OXIDIZED FOR MORE THAN A FEW FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Edgemont

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF 19 TONS ORE AVERAGING 36% SB WAS RECORDED IN 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED INCLINED SHAFT, SHALLOW SHAFT, ADIT, & SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    GRANGER A.E. (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BALL 54.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL G1

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M. (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 18" TO 30" WIDE
Deposit SITUATED ON THE CREST OF PENNSYLVANNIA HILL, 5 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY. PRODUCTION OF 19 TONS OF ORE, CONTAINING 36% SB WAS RECORDED IN 1940. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CAVED INCLINED SHAFT, A SHALLOW SHAFT, AN ADIT, AND SEVERAL PITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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