The Dees Mine is a antimony mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Dees Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dees Mine
Secondary: Bisoni Prospect
Secondary: Hollan
Secondary: Raftice
Secondary: Munter.
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Maynard And Lester Bisoni
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Breccia Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Antimony
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE TWO PITS AND ONE SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE AT THE MINE IS BRECCIATED IN A N10W ZONE. STIBNITE IN 4 INCH PODS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS, MOSTLY OXIDIZED. SB OXIDE COMMONLY ENCLOSES THE STIBNITE CRYSTALS, AND FORMS CELLULAR BOXWORKS AND PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER THE STIBNITE NEEDLES.
Comment (Location): EST
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EDMOND F., 1963 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 61
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
