The Hard Luck-Pradier Mine is a antimony mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Hard Luck-Pradier Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hard Luck-Pradier Mine
Secondary: Romado Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Big Creek 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
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: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS IN A SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA, THAT STRIKES N 20DGE W IN GRAY TO BLACK SHALE AND SLATE THAT STRIKE ABOUT N 45DGE W AND DIP 60DGE NE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE PERIOD 1936-1958, PRODUCING ABOUT 75 TONS OF ANTIMONY METAL FROM AN OPEN PIT AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS. THE OPEN PIT AND UPPER ADITS WERE CONNECTED TO AN ORE BIN AT THE CREEK LEVEL BY AN INCLINED TRAMWAY 1,015 FT LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA IN SHALE AND SLATE.
Comment (Workings): AN OPEN PIT AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS CONNECTED TO AN ORE BIN AT THE CREEK LEVEL BY AN INCLINED TRAMWAY 1,015 FT LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER , H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88
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.
