The Bloody Canyon Mine is a antimony and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.51667, -118.13556
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Bloody Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bloody Canyon Mine
Secondary: Red Star
Secondary: Hutton
Secondary: Cosmopolitan
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Star District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Neal, Hybert L.
Home Office: Winnemucca, Nev.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Year: 1942
Material type: SB ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^55% Sb
Year: 1940
Material type: SB ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^13% Sb
Year: 1938
Material type: SB ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^60 % Sb
Year: 1912
Material type: SB ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^60 % Sb
Year: 1907
Material type: SB ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^60 % Sb
Year: 1942
Time Period: To 1942
Material type: ORE SB AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^60 % Sb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Faults And Cross Faults, Tnding N-S, Nne-Ssw, Cause Alot Of Gouge
Type: L
Description: Faults And Cross-Faults Trending N-S, Nne-Ssw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Some Sericitized Feldspar
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): OTHER ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AN EAST AND WEST VEIN. THE ORE WAS MOSTLY HIGH QUALITY ANTIMONY ASSOCIATED WITH AG AND MINOR PB, CONTAINED IN 2 QUARTZ STIBNITE VEINS A FEW FEET THICK ABOUT 200 FEET APART IN A MINERALIZED ZONE OF STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURE VEINS. THE WEST VEIN IS OFFSET BY AN EAST-WEST FAULT WITH THE NORTHERN SEGMENT STRIKING N10E AND DIPS 85 DEGREES W AND IS RELATIVELY BARREN; THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT STRIKES N10W, DIPS 80-85 DEGREES E AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT STIBNITE. THE EAST VEIN STRIKES N10-25E AND DIPS 80-85E AND INTERSECTS A BARREN FAULT WITH STRIKE N25E, DIPPING EAST. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS, STREAKS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN THE QUARTZ, AND IN GOUGE. PYRITE IS COMON BOTH IN VEINS AND DISSEMINATED THROUGH WALL ROCK. LIMESTONNE, SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONES OF THE STAR PEAK FORMATION OVERLIE THE RHYOLITE AND CROP OUT A SHORT DISTANCE WEST OF THE WORKINGS. ORE IS CONFINED TO RHYOLITE.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Comment (Workings): MOST OF THE ORE WAS MINED FROM THE SOUTH SEGMENT OF THE WEST VEIN BY STOPING FROM THE MAIN ADIT THAT CUTS THE VEIN 200 FT BELOW SURFACE. SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND TRENCHES EXPLORE SURFACE EXPOSURES OF EAST AND WEST VEINS.
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF SOUTH BRANCH OF BLOODY CANYON; ADITS APPEAR AROUND A SPRING; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = IMLAY (1956) 1:625000
Comment (Production): BY 1942; AT LEAST 1218 TONS SB
Comment (Development): EXPL.COM: THE MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO 1942 ; MILL.CAP: 9.125 ; ECON.YEAR: 1937
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: THE ORE WAS MOSTLY HIGH QUALITY ANTIMONY ASSOCIATED WITH AG AND MINOR PB, CONTAINED IN TWO QUARTZ STIBNITE VEINS A FEW FEET THICK ABOUT 200 FEET APART IN A MINERALIZED ZONE OF STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURE VEINS. THE WEST VEIN IS OFFSET BY AN EAST-WEST FAULT WITH THE NORTHERN SEGMENT STRIKING N10E AND DIPS 85 DEGREES W AND IS RELATIVELY BARREN; THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT STRIKES N10W, DIPS 80-85 DEGREES E AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT STIBNITE. THE EAST VEIN STRIKES N10-25E AND DIPS 80-85E AND INTERESCTS A BARREN FAULT WITH STRIKE N25E, DIPPING EAST. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS, STREAKS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN THE QUARTZ, AND IN GOUGE. PYRITE IS COMMON BOTH IN VEINS AND DISSEMINATED THROUGH WALL ROCK. LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONES OF THE STAR PEAK FORMATION OVERLIE THE RHYOLITE AND CROP OUT A SHORT DISTANCE WEST OF THE WORKINGS. ORE IS CONFINED TO RHYOLITE.
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1868. ANTIMONY FIRST PRODUCED IN 1871.OTHER YEARS OF PRODUCTION 1907, 1912, 1917-21, 1938, 1940, 1942. MINE WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO 1942. THIS MINE WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF ANTIMONY ORE IN NEVADA. MOST OF ORE WAS MINED FROM THE SOUTH SEGMENT OF THE WEST VEIN BY STOPING FROM THE MAIN ADIT THAT CUTS THE VEIN 200 FEET BELOW SURFACE. SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND TRENCHES EXPLORE SURFACE EXPOSURES OF WESTVEIN AND ALSO FOLLOW THE EAST VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, 1873, STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THEOCKY MOUNTAINS, 5TH MANAUL REPORT; WASHINGTON, GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE
Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, 1963
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61
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.
