The Far South Marguerite Prospect is a antimony mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.74528, -117.75972
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Far South Marguerite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Far South Marguerite Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SE SIDE OF CANYON OPPOSITE DRUMM MINE. ON E. SIDE OF A SE-TRENDING GULCH WHICH TAKES OFF FROM BERNICE CANYON 3.8 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH, ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE ITS FLOOR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED AND SERICITIZED FELSITE DIKE CONTAINS STIBNITE IN VEINLETS ALONG JOINTS IN THE DIKE, AS WELL AS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE DIKE AS SMALL PODS, BLEBS AND HALDESAROUND PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): TRENCH AND 2 CAVED ADITS; (28-FT. TRENCH)
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG. BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): SILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 83.
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.
