The Indian Valley Mine is a antimony mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,928 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,928 Feet (1,807 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 41.84056, -117.56944
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Indian Valley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Valley Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: 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: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Of Rhyolite,-Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TRACE GOLD AND LESS THAN 1 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): 1/4 MILE NE OF THE NATIONAL MINE
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: VEIN UP TO 5 FT. WIDE, CONTAINING FRAGMENTS OF ALTERED RHYOLITE, QUARTZ STRINGERS, STIBNITE: CEMENTING FRAGMENTS OF RHYOLITE WITH FINELY DIVIDED PYRITE.
Comment (Deposit): A 500-FT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN ON A STIBNITE VEIN UP TO 5 FT. WIDE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS FO NEVADA; NEV. BUR., MINES BULL. 61
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.
