The Friendship Mine is a antimony and mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.13889, -118.10667
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Friendship Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Friendship Mine
Secondary: Huntley Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracture; Overturned Anticlinorium
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Replacement
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MI. SE OF HOLLYWOOD MINE
Comment (Commodity): NO ANTIMONY ORE BODIES FOUND (1948)
Comment (Development): IN 1948 CONSIDERABLE BULLDOZING AND TRENCHING WERE DONE IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO UNCOVER ANTIMONY ORE BODIES.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROSPECT IS ON A FRACTURE IN LIMESTONE BRECCIA NEAR A CONTACT WITH SHALES AND SILTSTONES
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZING, TRENCHING
Comment (Geology): THE PROSPECT IS ON A FRACTURE IN LIMESTONE BRECCIA, NEAR A CONTACT WITH SHALES AND SILTSTONE.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1948 CONSIDERABLE BULLDOZING AND TRENCHING DONE IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO UNCOVER ANTIMO ORE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
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.
