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Antimonial Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Gold, Selenium
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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. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044328
MRDS ID M231726
Record type Site
Current site name Antimonial Mine
Alternate or previous names Silvermonial, Steele, Peterson, Bates, Reveille, Craig, Buckley, Black Hawk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17617, 38.03606 (WGS84)
Elevation 1961
Relative position 0.47 MILES NW OF REVEILLE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 51E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Rhyolite; Oxidation Of Stibnite Toyellow And White Antimony Oxides; Argillization Of Phenocrystsin Rhyolite.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM A 24 INCH VEIN ASSAYED 37.12 % SB, TRACE AU, 0.58 OZ AG, 0.014 % SE. SAMPLE FROM A 6-INCH VEIN ASSAYED 27.0 % SB, NO AU,33.48 OZ/TON AG AND NO SE.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Williams Ridge Tuff;Morey Peak Tuff
    Rock description Williams Ridge Tuff;Morey Peak Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Antelope Valley Limestone Of Copenhagen Formation
    Rock description Antelope Valley Limestone Of Copenhagen Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.17617, 38.03606
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Separates Lithologies

Ore body information

  • General form BLEBS, SMALL PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLADED AGGREGATES, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N80W (MAIN VEIN); N5-15W (INTERSECTING VEIN).
    Dip 20-25N (MAIN VEIN); 30-45E (INTERSECTING VEIN).
    Thickness 0.61M
    Width 0.61M
  • General form BLEBS, SMALL PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLADED AGGREGATES, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N80W (MAIN VEIN); N5-15W (INTERSECTING VEIN).
    Dip 20-25N (MAIN VEIN); 30-45E (INTERSECTING VEIN).

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Are In Gouge, Indicating Faults Present

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE AND QUARTZ ARE VUGGY; VUGS ARE LINED WITH QUARTZ AND STIBNITE CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reveille District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Homer Buckley Estate, Mabel E. And E. M. Booth,Tonopan .
    First year 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^76 % Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Antimony Antimony 76wt-pct
  • Year 1940
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60 % Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Antimony Antimony 60wt-pct
  • Year 1940
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^78 % Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Antimony Antimony 78wt-pct
  • Year 1941
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^32 % Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Antimony Antimony 32wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE VERTICAL SHAFTS (15, 40, AND 45 FT), A 30 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 40 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 22 FT INCLINE SHAFT, FIVE ADITS, AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • OXIDE PLANT WAS BUILT IN 1937, OPERATED IN 1938. SOME INTEREST IN REOPENING SB MINES IN THIS AREA IN 1971 IF SB PRICES CONTINUED TO RISE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 135-137

  • Deposit

    EKREN, EB, ROGERS, CL, AND DIXON, GL, 1973, GEOL. & BOUGUES GRAVITY MAP OF THE REVEILLE QUAD: USGS MAP I-806.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 50

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, 1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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