The Volcanic Peak Mine is a antimony mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Volcanic Peak Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Volcanic Peak Mine
Secondary: Bigongiari
Secondary: Smith
Secondary: Evening Star
Secondary: Shay
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLEBS, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite After Pyrite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.01 PERCENT CU
Analytical Data: 0.1 PERCENT ZN
Analytical Data: 0.1 PERCENT PB
Analytical Data: 2.20 OUNCES AG
Analytical Data: STOCKPILE GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED: 25.53 PERCENT SB
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): EST. LOCATION
Comment (Workings): TWO TRENCHES AND 15 FT. ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 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.
