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Wild Rose Antimony Deposits

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115393
MRDS ID W023719
MAS/MILS ID 0060270086
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Rose Antimony Deposits
Alternate or previous names Wildrose Antimony Mine, Wildrose Mine, Monarch Claim, Combination Claim, Monopoly Claim, Kennedy Claim, Antimonium, Wild Rose Canyon Antimony Deposits
Related records 10076601

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.16759, 36.24058 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jail Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 S 044 E 36 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.16759, 36.24058
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 8M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830321
  • Area 97HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 97
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1893
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Wild Rose

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Boeckerman, Ruth
    Interest 50
    Home office California
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dresselhaus, Carl And Rink, Lawrence
    Interest 25
    Home office California
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1915-1919
    Description Total Recorded Production 1915-1919 3629 Tonnes Of Ore @ 42% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Antimony Antimony 42wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1940
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Antimony Sb 2.5 wt-pct Antimony Major 1940

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO MINING AND MILLING OPERATIONS WERE PROPOSED AT THE TIME OF ST UDY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALBEE, A. L., LABOTKA, T. C., LANPHERE, M. A., AND MCDOWELL,

  • Reserve-Resource

    S. D., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TELESCOPE PEAK

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    QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP, GQ-1532.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALLSMAN, P. T., 1941, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPLORING THE

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILD ROSE CANYON ANTIMONY DEPOSITS, INYO COUNTY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALIFONRIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES FILE REPORT, 14 P.

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    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894, MINES AND MINING PRODUCTS OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 12

  • Reserve-Resource

    (TWELFTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST), P. 21.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DAKIN, F. H., 1939, PRELIMINARY REPORT, WILD ROSE ANTIMONY

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE: TEXAS SMELTING COMPANY INTERNAL MEMORANDUM, 4 P.

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    GUITERAS, J. R., 1940, REPORT ON WILDROSE ANTIMONY PROPERTY:

  • Reserve-Resource

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES FILE REPORT, 4 P.

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    MURPHY, F. M., 1932, GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE PANAMINT

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 28, PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    344-347.

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    SAMPSON, R. J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE

  • Reserve-Resource

    PANAMINT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR., OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 28,

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    NO'S. 3 & 4, P. 358.

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    TUCKER, W., B., 1926, INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES

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    AND GEOL., VOL. 22, NO. 1, P. 462.

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    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES

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    OF INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND

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    GEOL., VOL. 34, NO. 4, P. 378.

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    WARING, C. A. AND HUGUENIN, E., 1919, INYO COUNTY: CALIF.

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    JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 15 (FIFTEENTH REPORT OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE STATE MINERALOGIST), P. 60.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WHITE, D. E., 1940, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE WILDROSE

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANYON AREA, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULL. 922K, PP. 307-325.

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A., JR., AND R. M. STEWART, 1951, MINES AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF.

  • Deposit

    JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 138.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WORKINGS PLUS ADDITIONAL WORKINGS, ARE SCATTERED OVER A 9.6 SQ KM AREA INSIDE DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE AREA EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTHERN PARK BOUNDARY 5 KM NORTH ACROSS WILDROSE CANYON. POWER WOULD HAVE TO BE GENERATED AT THE SITE OR TRANSMITTED FROM THE NEAREST POWER LINE 26 KM AWAY. THIS POWER LINE IS AT CAPACITY AND WOULD REQUIRE A MAJOR REBUILD. ADEQUATE WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE SITE FOR A MINING OPERATION; WELLS WOULD HAVE TO BE DRILLED. IF WATER CANNOT BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED; PERHAPS 44 KM. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD WOULD REQUIRE REBUILDING FOR 6 KM, BEFORE A MINING OPERATION COULD PROCEED. THIS ACCESS ROAD WOULD BE HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM THE WILDROSE RANGER STATION, 6 KM AWAY. THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1893. PRODUCTION RECORDS ARE INADEQUATE; IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE REPORTED PRODUCTION IS CORRECT AND OCCURED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1919. STRIKE AND DIP OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE, AND DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS ARE NOT RELEVANT; NUMEROUS DEPOSITS ARE SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA. THE CHIEF ORE MINERALS ARE ANTIMONY OXIDES; CERVANTITE, STIBICONITE, VALENTINITE, AND SENARMONTITE. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE ANTIMONY CONTENT IS DERIVED FROM OXIDES; STIBNITE IS OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE. COST ESTIMATES WERE NOT DETERMINED FOR THIS DEPOSIT BECAUSE: 1) CAPITAL OR OPERATING COSTS OF A PROPOSED MINING OPERATION WOULD EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE MINERAL CONTENT EXTRACTED. 2) TOTAL RESOURCES REPRESENT LESS THAT ONE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL APPARENT DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION (1982 DATA). 3) DISPERSAL OF TABULAR PODIFORM BODIES OVER A WIDE AREA PREVENT THE USE OF HIGH VOLUME LOW COST MINING TECHNIQUES. 4)NO VIABLE MILLING TECHNIQUE CURRENTLY EXISTS; SIXTY PERCENT OF THE ORE IS IN THE FORM OF OXIDES AND CANNOT BE RECOVERED BY GRAVITY SEPARATION OR FLOTATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-FEB-1995 Lindsey, David S. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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