Sutherland Mine

The Sutherland Mine is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,240 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: Sutherland Mine
Secondary: Reid
Secondary: Salvation
Secondary: Kermesite
Secondary: Thies-Hutchins

Commodity

Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Black Knob 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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Form: PODS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw Plunging Anticline; High Angle Cross Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MOST ORE SHIPPED WAS 20-40% SB
Analytical Data: LOW GRADE MATERIAL AVERAGED 5-10% SB

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): A QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 48 IN WIDE CUTS COUNTRY ROCK. STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS, STREAKS, BLEBS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.

Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS, A 220-FT SHAFT, AND A 158-FT INCLINED WINZE

Comment (Geology): IN A QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 48 INCHES IN WIDTH THAT CUTS THE COUNTRY ROCK, STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS, STREAKS, BLEBS, AND SINGLERYSTALS.

Comment (Deposit): SUTHERLAND MINE WAS FIRST WORKED IN 1870, ABOUT 3000 TONS OF 20% SB ORE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1914. BETWEEN 1915 AND 1918 IT WAS THE LARGEST ANTIMONY PRODER IN NEVADA. MINE WAS ACTIVE AGAIN IN 1948-49. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY THREE ADITS, A 220-FT. SHAFT AND A 158-FT. INCLINED WINZE THE MINE IS ON THE WESTERN LIMB OF A NW PLUNGING ANTICLINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LOVELOCK (1956) 1:625000

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME ORE IS PROBABLY LEFT AS PLANS TO REOPEN WERE MAE IN 1970

Comment (Production): 1,700 TONS SBMETAL BY 1964

Comment (Development): FIRST WORKED IN 1870. ABOUT 3000 TONS OF 20% SB ORE WAS MINED PRIOR TO 1914. BETWEEN 1915 AND 1918 IT WAS THE LARGEST ANTIMONY PRODUCER IN NEVADA. THE MINE WAS ACTIVE AGAIN IN 1948-49.

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1964, ANTIMONY, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 65 P. 59-65

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.