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St. Anthony Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294589
MRDS ID W016380
MAS/MILS ID 0320010009
Record type Site
Current site name St. Anthony Mine
Alternate or previous names Saint Anthony Mine, Toy Mine, Browns, Providence, Tip Top and Fairmont Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.70988, 39.9882 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ocala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 029 E 34 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.70988, 39.9882
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 50S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 92M
    Width 92M
    Area 7HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip :50S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7
    Date of Last Modification 820222

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Toy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Sanford A Bunce
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method FILLED STOPES
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Length of Inclines (m) 73
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 25
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-D, 1921, P. 287-288.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 51-52.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 85; PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 37-40.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, USBM MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-94 Ridenour, James 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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