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Milton Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103964
MRDS ID M231845
Record type Site
Current site name Milton Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Berryman Prospect, Humphrey, Kennedy, Mike, Dart.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57621, 38.8152 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position IN MILTON CANYON; NEAR THE MILTON RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 011N 039E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2.2 AIRMILES SOUTH OF GRANTSVILLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCKPILE AT THE MILTON CANYON SHAFT ASSAYED 20.77% SB, 0.32 OZ AG, TRACE OF 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57621, 38.8152
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deformation Of Limestone

Ore body information

  • General form BLEBS, CLUSTERS, NEEDLES IN VUGS, SMALL PODS, LENSES, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N-S
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In A Silicified Zone. Fractures,Fault Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS CONTAIN SILICIFIED FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE, QUARTZ, STIBNITE, AND ANTIMONY OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dart Construction Co.
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1939
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 40% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 40wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MOST ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM 1939-1948

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 26 FT SHAFT, A 210 FT SHAFT, A 20 FT SHAFT, A 34 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND SHORT ADITS.

Comments on development

  • SOME POST-1950 ACTIVITY, BUT MOST WAS 1939-1948.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 203-204.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 153-155

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 153

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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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