The Fencemaker Mine is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,361 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,361 Feet (1,634 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 40.07222, -117.85917
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Fencemaker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fencemaker Mine
Secondary: Fenstermaker, Lucky Lode,
Secondary: S and Waudloey ? Claim From Location Notice
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2341
Secondary: Unnamed Gold Mine of Bailey.
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Table Mountain District
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
Owner Name: Walter Gentz And Jonny Vogel
Years: 1984 -
Production
Year: 1940
Mined: 1.960 mt
Material type: ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Form: PODS, STREAKS, DISSEMINATIONS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic (Rare)
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Triassic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Triassic
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Triassic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYED 3.03 % SB, 4.66 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU AND SE. SAMPLE 2341, GRAB OF IR-STAINED ROCK AND SELECT QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINED ROCK FROM THE DUMPS CONTAINS 5 % FE, 2 % MG, 3 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 3000 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR, BY AA ANALYSIS.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Kermesite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME ANTIMONY ORE WAS SHIPPED IN THE 1880'S.
Comment (Location): FENCEMAKER CANYON
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S OR BEFORE
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS WITH WHITE CALCITE AND CHALCEDONY VEINLETS IN GRAY LIMESTONE, QUARTZ SANSTONE AND OLIVE SILTSTONE (BASED ON A FEW DUMP SPECIMENS). THE WORKINGS FOLLOW EAST-WEST FAULT AND GOUGE ZONES WHICH APPEAR NEARLY VERTICAL. THE ROCKS ARE LOCALLY SLIGHTLY SILICIFIED AND IRON-STAINED. BAILEY ET AL (1984) REPORT THAT THE SHEARS DIP STEEPLY NORTHWARD. SPECIMENS OF BROKEN, IRON-STAINED QUARTZITE ON THE DUMP CONTAIN CINNABAR IN CRYSTALS AS MUCH AS 1 MM IN DIAMETER ASSOCIATED WITH ABUNDANT QUARTZ VEINLETS.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, OPEN CUT, BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Geology): STIBNITE OCCURS IN FRACTURES AND FAULTS ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND A DIABASE DIKE, AS SMALL PODS, STREAKS, ROSETTES, AND INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS. STIBNITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE LIMESTONE IN THE END OF THE EAST CROSS CUT FROM MAIN ADIT. CINNABAR ALSO OCCURS AS SCATTERED BLEBS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS.
Comment (Development): SOME SB ORE WAS SHIPPED IN THE 80'S, AND THEN THERE WAS NO MINE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL 1940. THIS IS PERHAPS THE PROPERTY FROM WHICH JACK MCCORDNEY AND HARRY MOBLEY PRODUCED SOME MERCURY IN 1964.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 61.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 15 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977
Reference (General): 2007 Stockpile Reserves Inc. company report by Richard Brown
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.
