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Antimony King Mine

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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009273
MRDS ID D002147
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony King Mine
Alternate or previous names Solomon King, Solomon, Volks, Blue Bird, Van Reed, Turley, J. P. Williams

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75095, 39.74991 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF BERNICE CANYON, 2.4 MILES FROM MOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byers 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 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Star Peak Formation; Slates, Shale
    Rock description Star Peak Formation; Slates, Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75095, 39.74991
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, BLEBS, VEINLETS
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Latitic Sills

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bernice Canyon Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Howard Turley
    First year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83

  • Production

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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