The Sage Hen Prospect is a antimony mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sage Hen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sage Hen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Burns Basin
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY TWO PITS, A THRUST FAULT, DIPPING GENTLY TO THE WEST HAS BROUGHT SHSLE, LIMESTONE, AND METAVOLCANICS OVER PROSPECT MT. QUARTEITE WHICH LOCALLAY IS BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ. VEINLETS OF QUARTZ CONTAIN PODS, BLEBS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE AND INTERSTITIAL BARITE. BARITE OCCURS AS EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS UP TO 2 INCHES LONG. THE STIBNITE IS PARTIALLY ALTERED TO POWDERY TO UITREOUS YELLOW AND FIBROUS WHITE ANTIMONY OXIDES. (LAWRENCE, P50-51)
Comment (Workings): 2 PITS
Comment (Location): INDEPENDENCE RANGE
Comment (Deposit): STIBNITE AND INTERSTITIAL BARITE
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F. (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG 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.
