Apex Antimony Mine

The Apex Antimony Mine is a antimony mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,050 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Apex Antimony Mine
Secondary: Pesi Wang
Secondary: Genessee

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: N. Pesi (In 1950'S)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1950
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, LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: N-Striking Faults, Ne-Striking Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ON RIDGE BETWEEN COW CANYON AND SCOTT CANYON

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: ABOUT 1950'S

Comment (Development): SOME SB SHIPMENTS REPORTED IN 1870

Comment (Deposit): OREBODIES WERE LENSES IN FAULT

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT, DRIFTS

Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES STOPED WERE LENSES IN A N-STRIKING VERTICAL FAULT. ORE WAS AS MUCH AS 4 FT. WIDE, 14 FT. LONG, STOPED DOWN FOR 30 FT. OREBODIES PITCHED STEEPLY NORTH.

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF FIVE CLAIMS OWNED BY N. PESI IN 1950'S. SOME SHIPMENTS OF SB ORE REPORTED IN 1870. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT 150 FT. DEEP WITH 125 FT. OF DRIFTS ON THE 50, 100 AND 150 LEVELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): 150 TONS ORE, 35-46% SB, 0.22-0.27% AS, MINED FROM 1939 TO PRESENT

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): CHECK SO PAC MIN FOR IN P. 75

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL. 61 P. 89-91

Reference (Production): STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 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.