| Deposit ID | 10261617 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W024678 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060690047 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Quien Sabe Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Quien Sabe Antimony, Quien Sabe |
| Related records | 10077208 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.22821, 36.91353 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 832 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Benito(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mariposa Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Monterey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pajaro(hydrologic unit)
Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | San Benito |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 012 S | 007 E | 05 | SESESW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Antimony | Unknown |
| Cinnabar | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Stibnite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -121.22821, 36.91353 |
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| Strike | N15W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 3.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 244M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 36M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 18M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 259HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Mining method | Open Stope - Sublevel |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Stayton |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. B. Knox Estate, Bank Of America |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1983 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 181000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 907000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 488M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 130M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060690047 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W024678 | MAS references MRDS |
BAHIA-GUIMARAES, PAULO FERNANDO, 1972, THE GENESIS OF THE
ANTIMONY-MERCURY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT,
CALIFORNIA: STANFORD UNIV., PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, PH. D.
THESIS, 222 P.
............................................................
BAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1949, QUICKSILVER AND
ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA:
CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 147, PP. 37-56.
BAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1942, QUICKSILVER AND
ENGEL, H. L., 1949, DENSE-MEDIUM AND FLOTATION TESTS ON
AN ANTIMONY ORE FROM CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES,
R. I. 4616, 6 PP.
GANNON, F., 1983, ANTIMONY - WORLD WIDE RECESSION CUTS
PRICES, PRODUCTION, AND CONSUMPTION: ENGINEERING AND
MINING JOURNAL, MARCH 1983, PP. 122-23.
......................................................... ..
GOLDMAN, H. G., 1957, ANTIMONY IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF
CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 176, P. 38.
LEITH, C. J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE,
CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 147, PP. 1-35.
WIEBELT, FRANK J., 1956, QUIEN SABE ANTIMONY MINE, SAN
BENITO COUNTY, CALIF.: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, R. I. 5192,
29 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WATER WOULD HAVE TO BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS; POWER GENERATED AT THE SITE, OR TRANSMITTED FROM POWER LINES LOCATED 2.6 KM EAST OF THE DEPOSIT. EIGHT HUNDRED METERS OF ACCESS ROAD WOULD HAVE TO BE IMPROVED. LABOR IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE SITE AND WOULD HAVE TO COMMUTE FROM HOLLISTER, CALIFORNIA. THE PROPOSED MINE PRODUCTION RATE OF 111 T/D ORE, INCLUDES 100 T/D ORE AND 11 T/D DILUTION MATERIAL; A 10 PERCENT DILUTION FACTOR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 24-FEB-1995 | Lindsey, David S. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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