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Page Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, 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. 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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103963
MRDS ID M231829
Record type Site
Current site name Page Mine
Alternate or previous names Hot Creek, Clifford-Lisota, Dugan, Predmoness, Wilcox, King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.45062, 38.55244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Relative position IN HOT CREEK CANYON, 0.9 MILES NORTH OF OLD PAGE PLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Fish Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 049E 15,16,21,22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Stibnite Partially Oxidized To White And Yellow Antimony Oxides

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCKPILE ASSAYED 16.53 % SB, 0.76 OZ AG, AND 0.01 % SE. VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 39.36 % SB
Result 0.26 OZ/TON AG,NO SEA M110 SMALL PODS UP TO 4 INCHES ACROSS ARE LOCALLY ABUNDANT ENOUGH TO FORM MINEABLE LENSES.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.45062, 38.55244
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLEBS, BLADED AGGREGATES, RADIATING CLUSTERS, SINGLE CRYSTALS, VEINLETS
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 70-85 NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FLOWS ARE GRAY AND PORPHYRITIC WITH PHENOCRYSTS OF ALBITE, QUARTZ, BIOTITE AND HORNBLENDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tybo District; Hot Creek Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Clifford
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1916
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 50wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 700 FT OF TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS, THREE SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • AREA WAS EXPLORED FOR URANIUM IN 1969-70

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 134-135

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E, 1951 NBMG BULL 50.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G.,1933, NBMG BULL. 20

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 134

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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