Mickspot Mine

The Mickspot Mine is a antimony mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mickspot Mine
Secondary: Nora Francis
Secondary: New Dream.

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Selenium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Crow Springs 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Lee Hand And Neil Doherty,
Years: 1958 -

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

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Orebody

Form: SMALL PODS, VEINLETS, SINGLE CRYSTALS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TRACE SE.
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE CONTAINED 0.6% SB, 0.42 OZ AU, 2.56 OZ AG

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED DURING W.W. II.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN 6-14 INCHES WIDE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED CHERT RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ. SMALL PODS, VEINLETS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE OCCUR IN THE QUARTZ

Comment (Workings): 2 35-FT INCLINED SHAFTS, SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS

Comment (Geology): QUARTZITES AND CHERTS STRIKE N30W, DIP 55 SW. ARSENOPYRITE HAS COMMONLY BEEN LEACHED WITH CELLULAR BOX WORKS REMAINING AND THE YELLOW FLUFFY OXIDES HAVE BEEN REDEPOSITED SHORT DISTANCES AWAY FROM THE BOX WORKS

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO CENTRAL SHAFT IN A GROUP OF WORKINGS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP WHICH IS ASSUMED TO BE THE MICKSPOT MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 66-67

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. & STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 78, PL. 2, P. 56-57

Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, E.H., 1963, P. 66.

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.