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Arrance Prospect

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045383
MRDS ID M233095
Record type Site
Current site name Arrance Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78845, 39.76324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 32 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 037 23 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF BERNICE CANYON, 1.7 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH AND ABOUT 40 FT. ABOVE THE CANYON FLOOR. ACCURACY +-25M ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Stibnite To Yellow And White Antimony Oxides.

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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78845, 39.76324
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5W
    Dip STEEPLY WEST
    Thickness 5.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bernice District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arrance, Dan
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF LESS THAN 1/2 A TON OF SB METAL

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    WILLDEN & SPEED, (1974) P. 62.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STIBNITE OCCURS IN FRACTURESIN A FELSITE DIKE, AND AS SMALL CRYSTALS AND HALOES AROUND PYRITE GRAINS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THESILL.

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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