Hollywood Mine

The Hollywood Mine is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,560 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hollywood Mine
Secondary: Lakeview
Secondary: Antelope Springs
Secondary: Lee

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs 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: Priester, Alma D.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Form: VEINS, PODS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults, Contorted Beds, Highly Fractured

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wallrocks Partially Argillized And Silicified

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): 3 MILES NE OF PERSHING QUICKSILVER MINE

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1864 BY GEORGE SENN, ERECTED SMALL CRUCIBLE FURNACE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. 2500 TONS OF SB ORE MINED DURING W.W.I AND SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED IN 1939. IN 1940 5 TONS OF ORE WITH 56% SB WERE PRODUCED. IN 1941 MINE WAS OPTIONED TO ANTIMONY PRODUCERS CO. AND TWO SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS MADE THAT YEAR. ORE IS DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS AND NUMEROUS SMALL PITS. MOST OF THE ORE WAS MINED BY STOPING FROM TWO ADITS. THE MINE IS IN HIGHLY FRACTURED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE GRASS VALLEY FORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS IN HIGHLY FRACTURED ROCKS OF THE GRASS VALLEY FM. THE VEINS ARE IRREGULAR, BOTH IN WIDTH AND DIP. NUMEROUS SPLITS AND CROSS FAULTS COMPLICATE THEM. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS TO 30 INCHES ACROSS, DISSEMINATED GRAINS, AND INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ VEINS IN SLATE. THE STIBNITE COMMONLY IS EQUIGRANULAR AND BLADED. VEIN IS OFFSET IN THE NW SEGMENT BY A SW TRENDING FAULT. TWO VEINS INTERSECT, ONE N45W, 45SW, THE OTHER N, 30W. VEIN SIZE DECREASES WITH DEPTH.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS AND NUMEROUS SMALL PITS. MOST OF THE ORE WAS MINED BY STOPING FROM 2 ADITS.

Comment (Development): SENN ERECTED A SMALL CRUCIBLE FURNACE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ORE WAS MINED DURING W.W.I AND IN 1939 AND 1940. IN 1941 THE MINE WAS OPTIONED TO ANTIMONY PRODUCERS CO.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: THE VEINS ARE IRREGULAR, BOTH IN WIDTH AND DIP. NUMEROUS SPLITS AND CROSS FAULTS COMPLICATE THEM. STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS TO 30 INCHES ACROSS, DISSEMINATED GRAINS, AND INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ VEINS IN SLATE. THE STIBNITE COMMONLY IS EQUIGRANULAR AND BLADED. VEIN IS OFFSET IN THE NW SEGMENT BY A SW TRENDING FAULT. TW0 VEINS INTERSECT, ONE N45W, 45SW, THE OTHER N, 30W. VEIN SIZE DECREASES WITH DEPTH.

References

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

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

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING, COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6902, P. 28

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.