The Antimony Lode Prospect is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,320 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,320 Feet (2,231 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.71556, -116.99194
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Antimony Lode Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antimony Lode Prospect
Secondary: Jefferson Canyon
Secondary: Henebergh
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jefferson Canyon District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: John A Henebergh And Edward H. Michol
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: PODS, SMALL STRINGERS, BLEBS, SINGLE CRYSTAL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCKPILE ASSAYED 61.1 % SB, 0.13 % AS, 0.13 % PB.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT (CAVED) AND A 45 FT INCLINE SHAFT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP & RANGE
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 143
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 (Production): LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 143
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.
