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Antelope

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037286
MRDS ID M031250
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope
Alternate or previous names Antelope Claims, Sarah Nevada Claims
Related records 10223183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.27863, 39.75854 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tippett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
22N 68E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); APPARENTLY 1:250000 MAP IS BLM PLANIMETRIC AND 1:63360 IS FROM 30' SERIES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.27863, 39.75854
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pluton Of Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Parallel To The Bedding

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 75SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures N80e Joint-Shear Parallels Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 2 1/2 FEET WIDE, AND IN VEINLETS ALONG THE FRACTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer W.J. Rees, 183 N. Main, Smithfield, Utah, Located Claims From 1939-1953.

Mining district

District name Eagle

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1945-1958
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^28 Oz/Tn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 791g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • AG-BEARING FLUXING ORE SHIPPED IN 1957-1958. PRODUCTION DATA FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD

Comments on development

  • REPORTED AS HAVING CURRENT DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV.NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

  • Deposit

    SAYEED, U.A., 1973, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE KERN MTS PLUTONIC COMPLEX, WHITE PINE CO., NEVADA AND JUAB CO.,UTAH, UNIV. OF NEBRASKA PH.D. DISS.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1980, FIELD NOTES.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Production

    HOSE, ET. AL., 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1939-1953

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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