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Mickspot Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Iron, Copper, Selenium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046644
MRDS ID M241836
Record type Site
Current site name Mickspot Mine
Alternate or previous names Nora Francis, New Dream.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71287, 38.3841 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cole Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 038E 16 PROJECTED FROM NORTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO CENTRAL SHAFT IN A GROUP OF WORKINGS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP WHICH IS ASSUMED TO BE THE MICKSPOT MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE CONTAINED 0.6% SB, 0.42 OZ AU, 2.56 OZ AG
Result TRACE SE.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71287, 38.3841
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL PODS, VEINLETS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N30W
    Dip 60-70 SW
    Thickness 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gouge Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITES AND CHERTS STRIKE N30W, DIP 55 SW. ARSENOPYRITE HAS COMMONLY BEEN LEACHED WITH CELLULAR BOX WORKS REMAINING AND THE YELLOW FLUFFY OXIDES HAVE BEEN REDEPOSITED SHORT DISTANCES AWAY FROM THE BOX WORKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crow Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Hand And Neil Doherty,
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 35-FT INCLINED SHAFTS, SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED DURING W.W. II.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 66-67

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. & STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 78, PL. 2, P. 56-57

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, E.H., 1963, P. 66.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 6-14 INCHES WIDE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED CHERT RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ. SMALL PODS, VEINLETS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE OCCUR IN THE QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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