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Blue Nose Mine

Past Producer in Lander 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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044086
MRDS ID M231412
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Nose Mine
Alternate or previous names Borredo, Borrego, Harmon, Sizemone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.84816, 40.43323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2460
Relative position 18 MILES SSE OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Lewis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 046E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN LEWIS & KRUM CANYONS: 1/2 MI. N. DEAN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Sericitic, Of Dikes At Mine

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLES-. 8 TO 1% O TO .04 OZ GU
Result 9 TO 130 OZ AG.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.84816, 40.43323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Depth

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 65-70W
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shearzone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN 12 TO 60 INCHES WIDE INSHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lewis District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 6 TONS ORE, AUG. 25% SB, IN 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 35-FT SHAFT INCLINED AT 65; AND A 155-FT ADIT WITH 50-FT DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVAD; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 12 TO 60 IN WIDE IN SHEAR ZONE
Deposit DEVELOPED BY A 35 FT SHAFT INCLINED AT 65; AND A 155-FT ADIT WITH 50-FT PRIFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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