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Mickspot Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098600
MRDS ID M232031
Record type Site
Current site name Mickspot Mine
Alternate or previous names Nora Francis, New Dream

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7126, 38.38382 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cole Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 038E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE STIBNITE IS OXIDIZED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Copper Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE CONTAIN 0.6 % SB, 0.42 OZ AU, 2.56 OZ AG, TRACE SE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7126, 38.38382
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Host Rock Strikes N30w, Dip 55sw.

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL PODS, VEINLETS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N30W
    Dip 60-70 SW
    Width 0.36M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crow Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hand, Lee
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Doherty, Neil
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT WAS PRODUCED DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 35 FT INCLINED 75 DEG SHAFTS AND SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 61, P. 66

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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