The Donatelli Mine is a antimony mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Donatelli Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Donatelli Mine
Secondary: Georgianne
Secondary: Maryjane
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Unnamed (Pyramid)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DISCOVERED IN 1908 BY L C BECKWITH. IN 1940, ONE TON OF ORE AVERAGING 29.4% SB WAS MINED. WALLROCK IS GRANITE, STIBNITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, PODS IN QUARTZ VEIN WHICH FOLLOWS SHEAR ZONE ALONG DIKE WHICH CUTS GRANITE. SHEAR ZONE 12 TO 96 INCHES WIDE, VEIN UP TO 36 INCHES WIDE
Comment (Geology): VEIN OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONE WHICH FOLLOWS DIKE CUTTING GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL 61, 1963
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.
