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Antimony King Mine

Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045382
MRDS ID M233094
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony King Mine
Alternate or previous names Solomonking, Solomon, Volks, Blue Bird, Van Reed, Turley, J.P. Williams

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78012, 39.75685 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 31 MILES NNE OF EASTGATE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bernice Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 037E 23 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN BERNICE CANYON, 2 1/4 MILES FROM MOUTH. TO LOWER ADIT OF SEVERAL SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Slate; Silicification; Sericitization Of Pike Orsill

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES RAN 12.71 AND 33.42% SB
Result AND 0.90 AND 0.76 OZ/TON AG, RESPECTIVELY.

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Star Peak Formation
    Rock description Star Peak Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78012, 39.75685
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10-25E
    Dip 40-55W
    Length 274.32M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Highly Fractured, 3recciated Sill; Slaty Gouge Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEST ORE SHOOTS OCCUR ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIMESTONE LAYERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Located By Mr. Will Reed Of Fallon, Nevada

Mining district

District name Bernice District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Turley, Howard
    First year 1967

Comments on the production information

  • LARGEST ANTIMONY PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT FIRST WORKED AS A UNIT WITH THE I.M.X. MINE, SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW MUCH PRODUCTION TO CREDIT TO EACH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3ADITS WITH STOPES, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY J.P. WILLIAMS IN EARLIER YEARS; THIS HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER OF ANTIMONY IN THE DISTRICT. IT WAS FIRST WORKED AS AUNIT WITH THE I.U.X. MINE; HENCE DIFFICULTY IN CREDITING PRODUCTION TO EACH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDER, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG. BULL. 83.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 19478 CARSON SINK AREA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GOUGH, RAY, F. (UNDATED), UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE ANTIMONY PROSPECT LOCATEDIN BERNICE CANYON, NEVADA: (1) REPORT ON FILE AT N.B.M.G., (2) ITEM 1. (DESCRIPTION FITS ANTIMONY KING MINE)

  • Deposit

    MALLERY, WILLARD (1916), ANTIMONY VEINS AT BERNICE, NEVADA; MIN. & SCI. PRESS, VOL. 112, P. 556.

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1947) P 323; LAWRENCE (1963), P 21.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN, STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS, BLEBS & VEINLETS IN THE QUARTZ VEIN AND IN THE FRACTURED SILL. ON THE LOWER LEVEL, THE VEIN OPENS UP INTO A 48-INCH MASS OF QUARTZ CONTAINING 900S OF STIBNITE UP TO 2 FEET ACROSS.
Deposit LAWRENCE (1963,P23) REPORTED ANALYSES OF 12.71 AND 33.42% ANTIMONY, BUT BY SELECTIVE MINING AND HAND-SORTING, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SHIP ORE RUNNING 60% SB. SILVER CONTENT IS 20-50 PPM, AND 0.3-0.2 PPM AU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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