The Bottomley Properties is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,780 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,780 Feet (1,457 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 40.50694, -118.44083
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Bottomley Properties MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bottomley Properties
Secondary: Stibnite
Secondary: Poker Brown
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2837
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Arabia 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: Bottomley, E. J.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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: BLEBS, PADS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2837 HAD MANGANESE, QUARTZ, AND POSSIBLE SULFIDES WITH COATINGS OF YELLOW OXIDES.
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GRAY TO BROWN SHALE AND INTERBEDDED BROWN, FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE CUT BY A SERIES OF PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS.
Comment (Deposit): BOTTOMLEY PROSPECTS ARE ON THE TOPS OF TWO KNOLLS AT THE NORTH END OF TRINITY RANGE. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES ALONG STIBNITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS. STIBNITE OCCURS AS BLEBS, SMALL PODS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS M QUARTZ AND IN THE SHALE AND SANDSTONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN AT SOUTHERN OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS, AT SAMPLE SITE. ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR DIRT ROAD 2 MILES SOUTH OF POKER BR-OWN.
Comment (Deposit): GRAY TO BROWN SHALE AND INTERBEDDED BROWN FINEGRAINED SANDSTONE CUT BY A SERIES OF PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS. STIBNITE OCCURS AS BLEBS, SMALL PODS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ AND IN THE SHALE AND SANDSTONE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVAD: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61 P. 156-157
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 9/13/84.
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.
