Gribble Antimony

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum
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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046155
MRDS ID M234136
Record type Site
Current site name Gribble Antimony
Alternate or previous names Winnee Quartz, McKinnon Antimony, Star Metal, Mc Kinson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68703, 41.76934 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tennessee Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 045N 056E 30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68703, 41.76934

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Proximity To Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Island Mountain

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FIL E REPORT

  • Deposit

    BUSHNELL (K) (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD., NEV BUR. OF MINES BULL 67

  • Deposit

    LAWYENCE,E.F.(1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSIT OF NEVADA,NBMG BULL 11.61.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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