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Birds Eye Antimony Mine

Prospect in Elko 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221909
MAS/MILS ID 0320070314
Record type Site
Current site name Birds Eye Antimony Mine
Alternate or previous names Birds Eye Antimony Prospect, Lost Mine, Lost and Found Mine ?, Bilboa, Kilburn, Snow Creek, Belaustequs Ranch Mine, Byrne Basin & Kilaburn, Birds Eye View, Truto Claim, Clara Claim, Malaga Claim, Black Point Claim, Negro Claim, Coyote Point Nos. 1-4 Claims, Jerritt Canyon Project - 0320070879, Ts Claims, Jesie Savel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.97872, 41.3788 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

California Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Double Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 053 E 11 NENENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.97872, 41.3788
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOTE: DISCOVERED IN 1914 BY A PROSPECTOR KNOWN AS "THE LONESOME KID.: NOTE: KILBORN AND BILBAO "DISCOVERED" THE BIRDS EYE IN 1941.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 61, 1963, P. 46-50.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-10, 1983,

  • Deposit

    UNPAGINATED.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 136; PLATE 3, NO. 64.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-91 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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