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Bloody Canyon Mine

Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Iron, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042521
MRDS ID M060338
Record type Site
Current site name Bloody Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Star, Hutton, Cosmopolitan
Related records 10247673

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13653, 40.51656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 10 MI. S OF IMLAY, NEVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 034E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF SOUTH BRANCH OF BLOODY CANYON; ADITS APPEAR AROUND A SPRING; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = IMLAY (1956) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Some Sericitized Feldspar

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Rochester Rhyolite;Star Peak Formation;Star Peak Formation;Star Peak Formation
    Rock description Rochester Rhyolite;Star Peak Formation;Star Peak Formation;Star Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Koipato Group;
    Rock description Koipato Group;

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Faults And Cross Faults, Tnding N-S, Nne-Ssw, Cause Alot Of Gouge
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Cross-Faults Trending N-S, Nne-Ssw

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Within Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: THE ORE WAS MOSTLY HIGH QUALITY ANTIMONY ASSOCIATED WITH AG AND MINOR PB, CONTAINED IN TWO QUARTZ STIBNITE VEINS A FEW FEET THICK ABOUT 200 FEET APART IN A MINERALIZED ZONE OF STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURE VEINS. THE WEST VEIN IS OFFSET BY AN EAST-WEST FAULT WITH THE NORTHERN SEGMENT STRIKING N10E AND DIPS 85 DEGREES W AND IS RELATIVELY BARREN; THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT STRIKES N10W, DIPS 80-85 DEGREES E AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT STIBNITE. THE EAST VEIN STRIKES N10-25E AND DIPS 80-85E AND INTERESCTS A BARREN FAULT WITH STRIKE N25E, DIPPING EAST. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS, STREAKS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN THE QUARTZ, AND IN GOUGE. PYRITE IS COMMON BOTH IN VEINS AND DISSEMINATED THROUGH WALL ROCK. LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONES OF THE STAR PEAK FORMATION OVERLIE THE RHYOLITE AND CROP OUT A SHORT DISTANCE WEST OF THE WORKINGS. ORE IS CONFINED TO RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868
Year of first production 1871

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Neal, Hybert L.
    Home office Winnemucca, Nev.
    First year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Material SB ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60 % Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 60wt-pct
  • Year 1912
    Material SB ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60 % Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 60wt-pct
  • Year 1938
    Material SB ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60 % Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 60wt-pct
  • Year 1940
    Material SB ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^13% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 13wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Material SB ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^55% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 55wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Period To 1942
    Material ORE SB AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^60 % Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 60wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • BY 1942; AT LEAST 1218 TONS SB

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF THE ORE WAS MINED FROM THE SOUTH SEGMENT OF THE WEST VEIN BY STOPING FROM THE MAIN ADIT THAT CUTS THE VEIN 200 FT BELOW SURFACE. SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND TRENCHES EXPLORE SURFACE EXPOSURES OF EAST AND WEST VEINS.

Comments on development

  • EXPL.COM: THE MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO 1942 ; MILL.CAP: 9.125 ; ECON.YEAR: 1937

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, 1873, STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THEOCKY MOUNTAINS, 5TH MANAUL REPORT; WASHINGTON, GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AN EAST AND WEST VEIN. THE ORE WAS MOSTLY HIGH QUALITY ANTIMONY ASSOCIATED WITH AG AND MINOR PB, CONTAINED IN 2 QUARTZ STIBNITE VEINS A FEW FEET THICK ABOUT 200 FEET APART IN A MINERALIZED ZONE OF STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURE VEINS. THE WEST VEIN IS OFFSET BY AN EAST-WEST FAULT WITH THE NORTHERN SEGMENT STRIKING N10E AND DIPS 85 DEGREES W AND IS RELATIVELY BARREN; THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT STRIKES N10W, DIPS 80-85 DEGREES E AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT STIBNITE. THE EAST VEIN STRIKES N10-25E AND DIPS 80-85E AND INTERSECTS A BARREN FAULT WITH STRIKE N25E, DIPPING EAST. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS, STREAKS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN THE QUARTZ, AND IN GOUGE. PYRITE IS COMON BOTH IN VEINS AND DISSEMINATED THROUGH WALL ROCK. LIMESTONNE, SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONES OF THE STAR PEAK FORMATION OVERLIE THE RHYOLITE AND CROP OUT A SHORT DISTANCE WEST OF THE WORKINGS. ORE IS CONFINED TO RHYOLITE.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1868. ANTIMONY FIRST PRODUCED IN 1871.OTHER YEARS OF PRODUCTION 1907, 1912, 1917-21, 1938, 1940, 1942. MINE WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO 1942. THIS MINE WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF ANTIMONY ORE IN NEVADA. MOST OF ORE WAS MINED FROM THE SOUTH SEGMENT OF THE WEST VEIN BY STOPING FROM THE MAIN ADIT THAT CUTS THE VEIN 200 FEET BELOW SURFACE. SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND TRENCHES EXPLORE SURFACE EXPOSURES OF WESTVEIN AND ALSO FOLLOW THE EAST VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 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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