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I.H.X. Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Antimony
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104016
MRDS ID M233101
Record type Site
Current site name I.H.X. Mine
Alternate or previous names Solomon Mine, Draken, Soloman, Volks, Bluebird, Williams.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78595, 39.76297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 32 MILES NNE OF EASTGATE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bernice Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 037E 23 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN BERNICE CANYON ACROSS FROM ARRANCE PROSPECT, 1.9 MILES FROM MOUTH OF CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Sericitization

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Star Peak Formation
    Rock description Star Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78595, 39.76297
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 Sets Of Joints

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 60 DEG W
    Width 1.07M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gouge Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bernice District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1915-1917
    Material ORE SB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^43.9% Sb For Some
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 44wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION HAS AMOUNTED TO 25 TO 50 TONS OF ANTIMONY METAL. SEVERAL SHIPMENTS OF ANTIMONY ORE WERE MADE IN 1915-1917, AND IN 1940, 5 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 43.9% ANTIMONY WERE PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT INCLINED 20 NW OPEN TO 120 FT. DEPTH AND TWO OPEN CUTS EXPLORE GOUGE ZONE. SEVERAL 100 FT. OF DRIFT AND STOPES.

Comments on development

  • CHAPMAN SMELTING CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED 50 TONS OF 50% SB ORE HERE IN 1915, AND THAT IT WAS EXPECTING TO PRODUCE 200 TONS IN 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., (1963), ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG. BULL. 61.

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R & R.C. SPEED (1974), P. 62; LAWRENCE, (1963) P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOUGE ZONE ALONG FOOTWALL SIDE OF FELSITE DIKE INTRUDING CALCAREOUS SHALE. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN GOUGE. VEIN IS ALTERNATELY BANDED QUARTZ AND STIBNITE; CONTAINS GOOD SHOOTS OF RELATIVELY PURE STIBNITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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