| Deposit ID | 10045064 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232722 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Snowdrift Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Antimony Group, Dunnisher's Spring, Knight & Morris, Bonita Spring, Juniper Hills, Rosebud District ? |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.56016, 41.09738 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1687 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 037N | 031E | 07 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 2 GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED 50.6% SB |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.11% AS |
| Result | 0.08% PB AND 0.06% CU. |
| Model code | 180 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27d |
| Deposit model name | Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc) |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Happy Creek Volcanic Series |
| Rock description | Happy Creek Volcanic Series |
| (1) | -118.56016, 41.09738 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N5-30w |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 20-30 E |
| Thickness | 0.71M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| District name | Red Butte District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232722 |
LAWRENCE, E.F., 1961, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61.
NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT (1984)
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG.OFR 85-3.
LAWRENCE, E. F., 1961
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Deposit | JUST BEFORE W.W. I, THE MINE PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE. IN 1923, 2 TONS ORE (30% SB) WERE MINED. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL TRENCHES, A SHORT ADIT, 2 SHORT INCLINED SHAFTS, AND SOME STOPES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1981 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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