The Cervantite Mine is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Cervantite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cervantite Mine
Secondary: Kafader
Secondary: Dakin
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dakin, Fred
Years: 1960 -
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: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: PODS, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faulting Through Area, Nw-Se
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Mineralized Structure
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cervantite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A 19-FT. SHAFT WITH A SHORT CROSSCUT AND STOPE ALONG THE VEIN, A 35 FT. ADIT ALONG THE VEIN JUST WEST OF SHAFT. CERVANTITE MINE AND THE ANTIMONY STAR MINE BOTH LIE ALONG THE SAME MINERALIZED STRUCTURE THE OPENINGS ARE IN SANDSTONE OVERLAIN BY QUARTZITE AND UNDERLAIN BY SHALE INTENSE FRACTURING AND FAULTING HAVE TAKEN PLACE BOTH ALONG THE SANDSTONE-QUARTZITE CONTACT AND IN THE SANDSTONE OBLIQUE TO THE CONTACT. THE ANTIMONY MINERALIZATION WAS CONTROLLED BY THE FRACTURES THAT PROVIDED SPACE FOR STIBNITE DEPOSITION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 1/2 MI. N OF MONTGOMERY MINE, 1/4 MI. SE OF ANTIMONY STAR MINE.
Comment (Deposit): THE ANTIMONY MINERALIZATION WAS FRACTURE-CONTROLLED. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS & STRINGERS IN QUARTZ ALONG CROSSCUTTING STRUCTURES.
Comment (Workings): 19-FT SHAFT WITH A SHORT CROSSCUT AND STOPE ALONG THE VEIN, A 35-FT ADIT ALONG THE VEIN JUST WEST OF THE SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL PODS AND STRINGERS IN THE QUARTZ ALONG THE CROSSCUTTING STRUCTURES.
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, P. 161
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 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.
