The Antimony King Mine is a antimony mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 40.6, -117.09972
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Antimony King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antimony King Mine
Secondary: Cottonwood Canyon
Secondary: Columbia & Mountain King Claims
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pine, J. M.
Years: 1912 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Folding Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults"; Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Quartzite & Shale
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF THE ORE MINED IN 1871 ASSAYED 62.3% SB AND 6.6% BI.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): OVER 273 TON ORE MINED, 1871-1941; WITH 200 TONS 30% SB ORE REPORTED PRESENT IN 1942, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF 3-5% SB MILLING ORE PRESENT, PLUS MATERIAL ON OLD DUMPS.
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE CREST BETWEEN FORKS OF COTTONWOOD CREEK
Comment (Development): SOME PRODUCTION IN 1871 AND 1939-1941.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, REPLACEMENT IN FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, CUTS, TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): VEIN CUTS BOTH QUARTZITE AND SHALE. VEIN IS 2 FT. WIDE IN QUARTZITE, BUT OPENS OUT TO A 8 TO 10 FT. ZONE OF CRUSHED MINERALIZED ROCK WHEN IT PASSES INTO THE SHALE. MOST OF THE STIBNITE IS IN DARK-GREY QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED ABOUT 1870. THE DEPOSITS WERE KNOWN IN 1871, AND WERE WORKED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE SINCE THEN. IN 1912, 3 CLAIMS ON THE STRIKE OF THE DEPOSIT WERE OWNED BY J. M. PINE. PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHAFTS ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE, 50 TO 100 FT. DEEP, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW CUTS AND SHAFTS AND TUNNELS IN THE GULCHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIDGE. SOME PRODUCTION IN 1871 AND FROM 1939 TO 1941 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H. AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 88
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Deposit): WHITE, D. E., 1942, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON COTTONWOOD CANYON OR ANTIMONY KING MINE NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN, LANDER CO., NEV: ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. MINE
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R. J. AND D. C. ARNOLD, 1965
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.
