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Bismark 1, 2 Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045451
MRDS ID M233194
Record type Site
Current site name Bismark 1, 2 Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rea

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.65624, 38.41659 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES S OF LUCKY BOY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Boy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N;007N 030E;030E 05;32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST FLANK OF WASSUK MTNS IN SADDLE BETWEEN ALUM AND WILLOW CREEKS. UTM AND LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 48-60% SB FROM PICKED ORE REPORTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.65624, 38.41659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 85SW
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 106.68M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A PIT AND A 17-FOOT ADIT WITH A 15 FOOT-VERTICAL WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED AREA IS 350 X 50 X 150 FT. DEEP. SB-OXIDE OCCURRED IN A 4 TO 18 INCH VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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