Antelope Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044703
MRDS ID M232270
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.14923, 39.34937 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 3S MI SW OF E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Bellevue Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 052E 17,18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogonip Limestone
    Rock description Pogonip Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.14923, 39.34937

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shaley Limestone Trends N-S, Dips Steeply, With Numerous Minor Folds. Fissure Veins Are Present.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Fissures With Favorable Horizon

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED IN SHALEY LIMESTONE WHICH IS INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Jim Bulter

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, INCLINES, WINZES, ONE ADIT AND RAISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO NEV, N.B. OF M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 60, REFERENCE NO. 3201100149

  • Deposit

    VANDERBERG W.O. (1938) RECONNASSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS, EUREKA CO NEV, U.BM. 1C7022

  • Deposit

    CRIB FILE

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W.O., (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 FISSURE VEINS CONTAINING SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINERALS IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE; ALSO, CONTACT ZONE
Deposit FIRST LOCATED BY JIM BUTLER IN 1870. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A NUMBER OF SHAFTS, INCLINES, AND WINZES, AND ON ADIT AND RAISE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.