Donatelli Mine

The Donatelli Mine is a antimony mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Donatelli Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 39.74722, -119.54722

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.