The Arrance Prospect is a antimony mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.76333, -117.78750
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Arrance Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrance Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arrance, Dan
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Stibnite To Yellow And White Antimony Oxides.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF LESS THAN 1/2 A TON OF SB METAL
Comment (Location): SOUTH SIDE OF BERNICE CANYON, 1.7 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH AND ABOUT 40 FT. ABOVE THE CANYON FLOOR. ACCURACY +-25M ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): STIBNITE OCCURS IN FRACTURESIN A FELSITE DIKE, AND AS SMALL CRYSTALS AND HALOES AROUND PYRITE GRAINS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THESILL.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Production): WILLDEN & SPEED, (1974) P. 62.
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.
