Antelope Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046005
MRDS ID M233911
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Mine
Alternate or previous names North, Starlight

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76811, 41.77963 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/3 MI-NW OF NEW CONTACT SITE, S. OF PALO ALTO+BAY AN MINES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 064E 18,19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE WORTH (FORMERLY STARLIGHT) CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.76811, 41.77963

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock & Assoc. Faults & Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 80SE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures, Intrusive Dikes & Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS ABOUT 2 FEET WIDE AND CONTAINS GLASSY QTZ, OXIDIZED CU MINERALS, SOME SULFIDES VEIN IS SHEETED GRANODIORITE, BOTTOM OF SHAFT ENTERING SULFIDE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Antelope Mining Co.
    First year 1912

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED FROM 1898 TO 1910; A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1910, ASSAYING $101.00/TON. BESIDES 47% CU, THE ORE HAS ABOUT 6 OZ/TON AG AND $111.60/TON AU (IN 1912).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS (THE DEEPEST 60 FEET) AND ASSOCIATED WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIM, WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE, 1898-1910. IN 1910, A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SALT LAKE CITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) ARECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C., (1912 & 1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN SHEETED GRANODIORITE. BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT ENTERING SULFIDE ZONE.
Deposit DEPOSIT DISCOVERED ABOUT 1898 AND WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE UNTIL 1910. THE DEEPEST SHAFT IS 60 FEET. THE ANTELAPE VEIN IS IN THE MAIN MASS OF GRANODIORITE ABOUT 600 FEET SOUTH OF THE CONTACT. THE GRANODIORITE IS SHEETED APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL TO THE VEIN, WHICH STRIKES NE AND DIPS 80 DEG SE. A PARALLEL VEIN WITH NEARLY VERTICAL DIP ABOUT 75 FEET TO THE NORTH REPORTEDLY CONTAINS HIGH-GRADE ORE WHERE OPENED BY A SHAFT ON ANTELOPE GROUND. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 29). THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE ON THE ANTELOPE VEIN (ALSO CALLED THE JULES VERNE VEIN). IN JULY, 1910, A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE ORE ASSAYING $101.00 PER TON WAS SHIPPED TO SALT LAKE CITY. BESIDES CU, THE ORE CONTAINS ABOUT 6 OZ/TON AG, AND SOME AU. THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT SEEMS TO BE ENTERING THE SULFIDE ZONE. ABOUT 75 FT. NORTH OF THE ANTELOPE VEIN AND PARALLELING IT IN STRIKE, BUT WITH ALMOST VERTICAL DIP, IS A SIMILAR VEIN, FROM ONE TO SEVERAL FEET IN WIDTH. WHERE IT IS OPENED BY A SHAFT ON ANTELOPE GROUND, IT YIELDS ASSAYS OF 47% CU,
Deposit WITH 6 OZ/TON AG, AND $11.60 AU/TON (SCHRADER, 1912, P 123). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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