W. P. Mine

The W. P. Mine is a antimony mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,757 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: W. P. Mine
Secondary: Crown Point
Secondary: Table Top Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2946, 2947, 2670.

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Ten Mile 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Hicks, J. W.
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
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: PODS, PINCH AND SWELL ALONG SHEAR ZONE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Argillization And Silicification Along Veins.

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE CONTAIN 2.74 TO 26.54 % SB TRACE TO 0.30 OZ/TON AU 0 TO 0.50 OZ/TON AG. SAMPLE 29946 OF HIGH GRADE DUMP AND ORE-BIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 0.7 % FE, 1 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 2 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 100 PPM CU, 150 PPM LA, 15 PPM NI, 200 PB, +10000 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, 50 PPM ZR, AND 0.75 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. SAMPLE 2947 FROM VEIN IN STOPE CONTAINS 0.7 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.3 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 5 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 10 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, +1000 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR, AND 6.0 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. SAMPLE 2670 OF VEIN MATERIAL FROM DUMP CONTAINS 0.3 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.5 % CA, 0.07 % TI, 3 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 7 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 10 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 15 PPM V, 150 PPM ZR, AND 0.15 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): 1940-1941: 39 TONS SB METAL, 1940-1941 TONS ORE AT 52% SB WERE SHIPPED. IN 1941, 51 TONS ORE AT 10% SB WERE SHIPPED FROM THE DUMPS. IN 1942, 13 TONS OF 50% SB ORE WERE PRODUCED.

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985.

Comment (Geology): MAIN VEIN THICKENS UPWARD FROM 4 INCHES TO 48 INCHES, THEN SPLITS INTO SEVERAL VEINS SEPARATED BY BRECCIATED AND SLIGHTLY MINERALIZED ROCK FORMING A ZONE OF GOOD ORE UP TO 96 INCHES WIDE. THE OTHER VEIN STRIKES N70E AND DIPS 25S IS UP TO 48 INCHES WIDE CONTAINING NUMEROUS PODS AND STREAKS OF ORE. AN ORE SHOOT UP TO 48 INCHES WIDE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO VEINS RAKES 35S. STIBNITE IS BOTH CRYSTALLINE AND FINE-GRAINED AND OCCURS AS STREAKS AND PODS UP TO 24 BY 36 FEET IN SIZE. ALL STIBNITE IS PARTIALLY ALTERED. HANGING WALL IS ALTERED ALONG MAIN VEIN.

Comment (Location): 7 MILES W. OF WINNEMUCCA ON TABLE MTN.

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FOLLOW N 25E, 70 NW-DIPPING VEIN ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN SERICITIZED ARGILLITE, QUARTZITE WITH SOME LIMEY LENSES. ROCKS IN BOTH WALLS OF SHEAR ZONES ARE LACED WITH WHITE QUARTZ VEINLETS. ONLY TRACES OF FINE-GRAINED BLACK MINERAL AND SOME NEEDLE-LIKE BLACK MINERAL (BOTH PROBABLY STIBNITE) WERE SEEN IN QUARTZ ON DUMPS.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFTS, RAISE, 3 WINZES, 3 ADITS

Comment (Deposit): SHALES AND QUARTZITE ALONG THRUST FAULT CONTACT, IRON-OXIDE ZONE LACED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS. GEOCHEM SAMPLE, .05 PPM AU, 200 PPM AS, .085 PPM HG. WORKINGS AS OF 1963 CONSISTED OF 3 ADITS, AN INCLINED SHAFT AND DRIFTS, A RAISE AND 3 SHALLOW WINZES TOTALLING ABOUT 850 FT. OWNED IN 1957 BY J. W. HICKS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V. (1970) FIELD EVALUATION.

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

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V. AND QUADE, JACK, 19 JUN 85, NBMG FILED EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963

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.