The Wall Canyon Mine is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.75, -117.25000
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Wall Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wall Canyon Mine
Secondary: Last Chance Mine
Secondary: Silver Divide
Secondary: Bastian
Secondary: Herd
Secondary: Francisco
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jett District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: George W. Oliver
Owner Name: Hercules Mining Co.
Home Office: Austin, Nev.
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Shale Strikes N 5-35 W, Dip 40-70 W.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Rhyolite Near The Vein Is Chloritized.
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP ASSAYED 35.5% SB, 0.02 OZ AU, 0.9 OZ AG, 0.005% SE.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Development): SOME DEVELOPMENT DONE IN 1968
Comment (Deposit): THIN SEAMS OF GALENA AND ARGENTITE (?) WERE EXPOSED IN 1968 DEVELOPMENT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 180 FT SHAFT, A 255 FT ADIT, A 180 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL MINOR PITS AND ADITS.
References
Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL, 1980
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 84
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 140-141
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
