The De Soto Antimony Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.67694, -118.48972
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De Soto Antimony Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: De Soto Antimony Mine
Secondary: Antelope Spring Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Development): ANTELOPES SPRING MINING CO. BUILT A 25-TON CONCENTRATOR IN 1915, WHICH WAS ENLARGED TO A 50-TON FLOTATION MILL IN 1917. SOME ANTIMONY ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1916.
Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, TRENCH
Comment (Geology): ORE IN MINERALIZED VEIN 6 TO 24 INCHES THICK
Comment (Location): 4 MI. SE OF ANTELOPE MINE
Comment (Commodity): OTHER ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Deposit): IN 1915, THE ANTELOPE SPRING M. CO. BUILT A 25-TON CONCENTRATOR, WHICH WAS ENLARGED TO A 50-TON FLOTATION PLANT IN 1917. IT SHIPPED SOME ANTIMONY ORE IN 1916. THE DE SOTO ANTIMONY MINE IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A TRENCH ON A MINERALIZED VEIN, 6 TO 24 INCHES THICK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 61, P. 157
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NEV, P 201
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6902
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.
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.
