Dry Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295239
MAS/MILS ID 0320150136
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Antimony No. 4, Beulah, Quito Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.11153, 39.38772 (WGS84)
Elevation 2380
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 043 E 35 NWNWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.11153, 39.38772

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 55S
    Thickness 0.3M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N35W:55S
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mary J. Bray
    Interest 100
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, 1963, 248 PP.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, 106 PP.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 13 KM SW OF AUSTIN. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL PAST PROD.: 272 T OF 55% SB (1245);SOME PRODUCTION COMBINED WITH OR REPORTED AS OUTPUT FROM ANTIMONY KING (LAST CHANCE) MINE. NO MILL SEE AUSTIN GOLD VENTURE (0320150647) FOR MINERAL INFORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-95 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.