The Marguerite Group is a antimony mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.75306, -117.76583
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Marguerite Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marguerite Group
Secondary: Marguerite Nos. 1
Secondary: 3 Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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: William Sizemone, Dan Arrance, And J. R. Anderson
Years: 1957 -
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
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Stibnite Much Altered To Yellow Antimony Oxides
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE FROM MARGUERITE NO. 3 ASSAYED A TRACE AU, AND 0.59 OZ/TON AG, AND 57.57% SB. A DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.04 OZ/TON AG, NO GOLD, AND 5.9% SB.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG BOTH SIDES OF BERNICE CANYON, 2.9 TO 4.3 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING PUDS OF STIBNITE AND A FELSITE DIKE WITH STIBNITE STRINGERS IN JOINTS OCCUR ON THE PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, PITS, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 61.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEV; 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.
