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Bottomley Properties

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Iron, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042488
MRDS ID M060298
Record type Site
Current site name Bottomley Properties
Alternate or previous names Stibnite, Poker Brown, NBMG Sample Site 2837
Related records 10125230, 10271504

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44181, 40.50683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Relative position 12 MI. S OF MAJUBA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poker Brown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 31N 31E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN AT SOUTHERN OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS, AT SAMPLE SITE. ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR DIRT ROAD 2 MILES SOUTH OF POKER BR-OWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2837 HAD MANGANESE, QUARTZ, AND POSSIBLE SULFIDES WITH COATINGS OF YELLOW OXIDES.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    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 Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44181, 40.50683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLEBS, PADS
    Strike N70W-N10W
    Dip 70SW ON S. & 35 DEG NE ON N.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAY TO BROWN SHALE AND INTERBEDDED BROWN, FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE CUT BY A SERIES OF PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bottomley, E. J.
    First year 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVAD: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61 P. 156-157

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 9/13/84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAY TO BROWN SHALE AND INTERBEDDED BROWN FINEGRAINED SANDSTONE CUT BY A SERIES OF PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS. STIBNITE OCCURS AS BLEBS, SMALL PODS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ AND IN THE SHALE AND SANDSTONE.
Deposit BOTTOMLEY PROSPECTS ARE ON THE TOPS OF TWO KNOLLS AT THE NORTH END OF TRINITY RANGE. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES ALONG STIBNITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS. STIBNITE OCCURS AS BLEBS, SMALL PODS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS M QUARTZ AND IN THE SHALE AND SANDSTONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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