The Electric Mine is a antimony, silver, and lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,649 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.36361, -118.39278
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Electric Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Electric Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Arabia 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Flat-Lying Normal Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE-17% SB, 25% PB, 0.1 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS VEINS SLIGHTLY ARCUATE, AND OFFSET BY CROSS FAULTS. VEINS VARY IN THICKNESS FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO OVER 6 FT. ON THE UPPER LEVELS THE VEINS LIE IN GRANODIORITE; ON LOWER LEVELS THEY ENTER HORNFELS. IN THE HORNFELS THE VEINS PINCH OUT.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Comment (Workings): THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS SHAFTS, ADITS, TRENCHES, AND OPEN PITS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: HORN FELS UNFAVORABLE FOR VEIN FORMATION
Comment (Deposit): SHIPMENTS OF ORE WERE MADE IN 1929-30 AND 1944. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS SHAFTS, ADITS, TRENCHES, AND OPEN PITS. THESE COVER NUMEROUS VEINS, SLIGHTLY ARCUATE, AND OFFT A FEW FEET IN SEVERAL PLACES BY CROSS FAULTS. VEINS VARY IN THICKNESS FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO OVER 6 FEET. ON UPPER LEVELS VEINS LIE IN GRANODIORITE AND ENTERS HORNFELS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE MINE AND ABRUPTLY NARROWS DOWN AND ALMOST PINCH OUT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DECKER, D.J, 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA M.S. THESIS UNR
Reference (Deposit): KNOP F.A., 1918, ANTIMONIAL SILVER-LEAD VEINS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL 660
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, MLGL, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG 89
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.
