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Antimony King Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149540
MAS/MILS ID 0320150034
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony King Mine
Alternate or previous names Antimony King, Mamoth, Mammoth, Mountain View, Mt. View, Confidence, Big Creek, Stokes Mine, Last Chance, Bray Mine, Antimony Millsite, Quito Claim, Pine Mine, Commodore

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.10373, 39.38962 (WGS84)
Elevation 2627
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 043 E 26 SESESE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 12 KM SW OF AUSTIN. NO MILL ON SITE. SEE AUSTIN GOLD VENTURE FOR GENERAL COMMENTS (0320150647).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.10373, 39.38962
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 200M
    Width 40M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N55W:55W
    Date of Last Modification 850821

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN LITHOLOGY, OTHER REFERS TO FRACTURING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Donald Colson
    Year 1984

Comments on the ownership information

  • LESSEE FMC CORP., RENO, NV (1984).

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PROD.:454 MT SB METAL(NV DIR. BIB. REF. #376). SOME PRODUCTION APPARENTLY COMBINED WITH OR REPORTED AS OUTPUT FROM THE DRY CANYON ANTIMONY MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, 1963, 248 PP.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, 106 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9035, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-95 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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