The Prunty Antimony Mine is a silver and antimony mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Prunty Antimony Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prunty Antimony Mine
Secondary: Rattler
Secondary: Prunty No. 7 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Charleston
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Stibnite
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE LAWRENCE 1963 P. 44
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS LOCATED ON SEVENTY-SIX CREEK, 1/3 OF A MILE ABOVE THE GRAHAM MINE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS & TWO ADITS. IN 1907 30-40 TONS OF ANTIMONY WERE MINED. LISTED AS ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): IN 1907, 30-40 TONS ANTIMONY WERE MINED; ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME COPPER
Comment (Development): IN 1907, 30-40 TONS ANTIMONY WERE MINED
Comment (Deposit): VEIN; FAULT ZONE CONTAINING SMALL PODS, BLEBS & SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE SCATTERED RANDOMLY THROUGH THE QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS & TWO ADITS
Comment (Geology): THE MINE IS ALONG A FAULT CONTACT W/TER. RHYOLITE & PALEO. SHALES. BLEBS, SMALL PODS, BLADED AGGREGATES & SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE ARE SCATTERED RANDOMLY THROUGH THE QUARTZ. STIBNITE IS ALSO PRESENT IN A GOUGE ZONE WHICH STRIKES N20W.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A. E. ET AL (1957), MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 54
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEV., NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES (1981) DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN NEVADA IN 1980.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R. M., (1973)
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.
