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Antimony Ike Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098502
MRDS ID M060490
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Ike Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Diamond, School Boy, Red Rock Group
Related records 10247543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.68013, 40.50796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leach Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 038E 35,34 SW OF SW OF SW (35); SE OF SE OF SE (34) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LEACH HOT SPRINGS (1961) 1:625000

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Rocks In The Vicinity Are Locally Silicified And Argillized.

Analytical data

Result 16.78% SB
Result 0.22 OZ AU
Result 0.25 OZ AG PER TON.SAMPLE 2359 OF SELECT QUARTZ VEIN MATTER FROM SHAFT DUMP CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.15 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 30 PPM -MN, 100 PPM AG, 10000 PPM AS, 1.5 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 70 PPM- B, 500 PPM BA, 20 PPM CD, 20 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 1-0 PPM NI, 2000 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 50 PPM V, 7000 PPM ZN, 5-0 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Leucogranite
    Rock description Leucogranite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Sequence
    Rock description Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Sequence
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.68013, 40.50796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N
    Dip 70W-80W
    Width 0.03M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PODS AND INDIVIDUAL STIBNITE CRYSTALS COMMONLY WITH QUARTZ ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE VEIN, ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE AND TETRAHEDRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941

Mining district

District name Goldbanks District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Kasteler ?, Lovelock, Nv
    First year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • 1 TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 3.05M
    Overall depth 23.47M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR TRENCHES, A 77-FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH A 10-FT DRIFT. IN 1984, SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT WITH SMALL DUMP; NEARBY OTHER SHALLOW WORKINGS, BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND SOME OLDE-R ROTARY DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 9 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NARROW QUARTZ-ANTIMONY VEIN NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE PUMPERNICKEL FORMATION AND LEUCOGRANITE. THE VEIN IS ON THE CONTACT IN PLACES BUT MORE COMMONLY IS IN THE GRANITE. PODS AND INDIVIDUAL STIBNITE CRYSTALS ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE VEIN, ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE AND TETRAHEDRITE. PYRITE AND TETRAHEDRITE OCCUR IN THE VITREOUS WHITE,MASSIVE TO RARELY SACCHAROIDAL OR DRUSY VEIN MATTER; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Deposit DEPOSIT IS DEVELOPED BY FOUR TRENCHES AND A 77-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH A 10 FT. DRIFT EXTENDING NORTH FROM THE BOTTOM ON A NARROW QUARTZ-ANTIMONY VEIN NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE PUMPERNICKEL FORMATION AND LEUCOGRANITE. THE VEIN IS ON THE CONTACT IN PLACES BUT MORE COMMONLY IS IN THE GRANITE. THE NAME OF THE CLAIMS IS FROM AN AREA OF BULLDOZER CUTS 500 M TO THE NW. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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