The Eaton Mine is a silver and antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,591 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,591 Feet (2,009 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.05361, -116.20444
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Eaton Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eaton Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Arrowhead District (Needles District, 1921)
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Reveille Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Steep North Trending Fault, Northeast Trending Transcurrent Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATED LOCATION
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1985
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHORT ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-806.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD NOTES
Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 137
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 137
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.
