The Antimony King Mine is a antimony mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.75694, -117.77917
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Antimony King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antimony King Mine
Secondary: Solomonking
Secondary: Solomon
Secondary: Volks
Secondary: Blue Bird
Secondary: Van Reed
Secondary: Turley
Secondary: J.P. Williams
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Bernice District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Turley, Howard
Years: 1967 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Slate; Silicification; Sericitization Of Pike Orsill
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AND 0.90 AND 0.76 OZ/TON AG, RESPECTIVELY.
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES RAN 12.71 AND 33.42% SB
Materials
Ore: Cervantite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN, STIBNITE OCCURS AS PODS, BLEBS & VEINLETS IN THE QUARTZ VEIN AND IN THE FRACTURED SILL. ON THE LOWER LEVEL, THE VEIN OPENS UP INTO A 48-INCH MASS OF QUARTZ CONTAINING 900S OF STIBNITE UP TO 2 FEET ACROSS.
Comment (Workings): 3ADITS WITH STOPES, TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): BEST ORE SHOOTS OCCUR ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIMESTONE LAYERS
Comment (Deposit): LAWRENCE (1963,P23) REPORTED ANALYSES OF 12.71 AND 33.42% ANTIMONY, BUT BY SELECTIVE MINING AND HAND-SORTING, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SHIP ORE RUNNING 60% SB. SILVER CONTENT IS 20-50 PPM, AND 0.3-0.2 PPM AU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): IN BERNICE CANYON, 2 1/4 MILES FROM MOUTH. TO LOWER ADIT OF SEVERAL SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): LARGEST ANTIMONY PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT FIRST WORKED AS A UNIT WITH THE I.M.X. MINE, SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW MUCH PRODUCTION TO CREDIT TO EACH.
Comment (Development): OWNED BY J.P. WILLIAMS IN EARLIER YEARS; THIS HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER OF ANTIMONY IN THE DISTRICT. IT WAS FIRST WORKED AS AUNIT WITH THE I.U.X. MINE; HENCE DIFFICULTY IN CREDITING PRODUCTION TO EACH.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61.
Reference (Deposit): GOUGH, RAY, F. (UNDATED), UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE ANTIMONY PROSPECT LOCATEDIN BERNICE CANYON, NEVADA: (1) REPORT ON FILE AT N.B.M.G., (2) ITEM 1. (DESCRIPTION FITS ANTIMONY KING MINE)
Reference (Deposit): MALLERY, WILLARD (1916), ANTIMONY VEINS AT BERNICE, NEVADA; MIN. & SCI. PRESS, VOL. 112, P. 556.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1947) P 323; LAWRENCE (1963), P 21.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDER, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG. BULL. 83.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 19478 CARSON SINK AREA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT
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.
