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Choates Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043799
MRDS ID M231080
Record type Site
Current site name Choates Mine
Alternate or previous names Freeman, Stibnite, Jellison

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.66711, 39.69406 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES NORTH OF SPARKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffith Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 021E 7,18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF SUGARLOAF PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.66711, 39.69406
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS NARROW, HAVE NORTHERLY DIP AT LOW ANGLES, ARE PARTIALLY OXIDIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unnamed (Pyramid)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner North American Aviation
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • 27 TONS OF ORE, 52% SB PRODUCED IN 1940, 11 TONS ORE, 56% SB, PRODUCED IN 1941, 19 TONS ORE, 62.5% SB PRODUCED IN 1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., ANTIMBNY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG. BULL 61, 1963

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF WASHOE, STOREY CO., NEV. NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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