Unnamed Antimony Prospect

The Unnamed Antimony Prospect is a antimony and mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,440 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Antimony Prospect
Secondary: Unnamed Location Sprr

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Black Knob District

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 11

Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN AND CALCITE VEINS ALONG FAULT IN CONGLOMERATIC LIMESTONE

Comment (Geology): THE CONGLOMERATIC LIMESTONE IS PART OF THE DUN GLEN. FORMATION GOSSAN AND CALCITE VEINS ALONG FAULT IN CONGLOMERATIC LIMTONE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SO PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO 94105

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET. AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MTN. QUAD., PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS MAP GQ821.

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.