The Antelope Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Antelope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antelope Mine
Secondary: North
Secondary: Starlight
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Antelope Mining Co.
Years: 1912 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock & Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE WORTH (FORMERLY STARLIGHT) CLAIM
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS (THE DEEPEST 60 FEET) AND ASSOCIATED WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS ABOUT 2 FEET WIDE AND CONTAINS GLASSY QTZ, OXIDIZED CU MINERALS, SOME SULFIDES VEIN IS SHEETED GRANODIORITE, BOTTOM OF SHAFT ENTERING SULFIDE ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): WITH 6 OZ/TON AG, AND $11.60 AU/TON (SCHRADER, 1912, P 123). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM, WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE, 1898-1910. IN 1910, A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SALT LAKE CITY
Comment (Deposit): VEINS IN SHEETED GRANODIORITE. BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT ENTERING SULFIDE ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT DISCOVERED ABOUT 1898 AND WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE UNTIL 1910. THE DEEPEST SHAFT IS 60 FEET. THE ANTELAPE VEIN IS IN THE MAIN MASS OF GRANODIORITE ABOUT 600 FEET SOUTH OF THE CONTACT. THE GRANODIORITE IS SHEETED APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL TO THE VEIN, WHICH STRIKES NE AND DIPS 80 DEG SE. A PARALLEL VEIN WITH NEARLY VERTICAL DIP ABOUT 75 FEET TO THE NORTH REPORTEDLY CONTAINS HIGH-GRADE ORE WHERE OPENED BY A SHAFT ON ANTELOPE GROUND. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 29). THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE ON THE ANTELOPE VEIN (ALSO CALLED THE JULES VERNE VEIN). IN JULY, 1910, A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE ORE ASSAYING $101.00 PER TON WAS SHIPPED TO SALT LAKE CITY. BESIDES CU, THE ORE CONTAINS ABOUT 6 OZ/TON AG, AND SOME AU. THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT SEEMS TO BE ENTERING THE SULFIDE ZONE. ABOUT 75 FT. NORTH OF THE ANTELOPE VEIN AND PARALLELING IT IN STRIKE, BUT WITH ALMOST VERTICAL DIP, IS A SIMILAR VEIN, FROM ONE TO SEVERAL FEET IN WIDTH. WHERE IT IS OPENED BY A SHAFT ON ANTELOPE GROUND, IT YIELDS ASSAYS OF 47% CU,
Comment (Production): WORKED FROM 1898 TO 1910; A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1910, ASSAYING $101.00/TON. BESIDES 47% CU, THE ORE HAS ABOUT 6 OZ/TON AG AND $111.60/TON AU (IN 1912).
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) ARECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912 & 1935)
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.
