Hard Luck-Pradier Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10246535
MAS/MILS ID 0320150193
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Luck-Pradier Mine
Alternate or previous names Hard Luck-Pradier, Romano, Big Creek, Pradier, Prater

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.12373, 39.30632 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
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

North Toiyabe Peak(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 017 N 043 E 27 SWNESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.12373, 39.30632

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 850830

Comments on the geologic information

  • STIBNITE OCCURS AS BLEBS,SMALL PODS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Creek Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1958

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, 1963, P. 103-108.

  • 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, P. 71-72.

  • 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 LOCATION: ABOUT 22 KM S OF AUSTIN GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL NO MILL ABOUT 68 T ANTIMONY METAL PRODUCED. SEE BRAY-BEULAH MINE (0320150192) FOR INFORMATION ON THIS MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.