The Lowman Mine is a antimony mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lowman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lowman Mine
Secondary: Mary E.
Secondary: Anna E.
Secondary: Beard
Secondary: Jenney
Secondary: Johnson
Secondary: Thorne
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne 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: Beard, L. M., Wyatt, Hawthorne
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Lowman, A. B.
Home Office: Glendale, Ca
Years: 1950 -
Production
Year: 1932
Time Period: 1932-
Material type: ORE SB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7% Sb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metavolcanics Completely Sericitized Along Vein
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TR. AS.
Analytical Data: 0.96% PB
Analytical Data: 1.64-4.06% SB
Analytical Data: 0.28-.70 OZ. AG
Analytical Data: VEIN SAMPLES: TR. AU
Materials
Ore: Bindheimite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN VEIN: STRIKED N45E, DIPS 40-50SE, EXPLORED BY INCLINED SHAFT, ON ADIT LEVEL VEIN AVERAGES 18 INCHES IN THICKNESS & CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ RECEMENTED BY LATER QUARTZ. ON 45-FOOT LEVEL THE MAIN VEIN IS 36 INCHES WIDE BUT PINCHES TO 2 INCHES AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. BINDHEIMITE IS PRESENT AS BLEBS, PODS, & VEINLETS UP TO 8 INCHES WIDE IN THE QUARTZ. YELLOW SB-OXIDE PRESENT. PYRITE OCCURS AS BLEBS IN PODS AND CUBES OF LIMONITE, BOTH IN THE QUARTZ AND WALL ROCK. A NARROW VEIN OCCURS 350 FEET TO SOUTH AND STRIKES N35W, DIPS 85W WITH ONLY MINOR AMOUNT OF BINDHEIMITE AND SB-OXIDES.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED 87-FOOT SHAFT WITH 117 FEET OF DRIFTING ON THE ADJOINING ADIT AND ON THE 45- AND 60-FOOT LEVELS DRIVEN FROM THE INCLINED SHAFT; PLUS A 17-FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT, TWO ADITS (32 & 75 FEET LONG), AND AN OPEN PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 120
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.
