De Soto Antimony Mine

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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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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.