The Page Mine is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,280 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,280 Feet (1,914 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.5525, -116.44972
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Page Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Page Mine
Secondary: Hot Creek
Secondary: Clifford-Lisota
Secondary: Dugan
Secondary: Predmoness
Secondary: Wilcox
Secondary: King
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo District; Hot Creek Canyon Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Joe Clifford
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1916
Time Period: 1916
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^50% Sb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Hot Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: BLEBS, BLADED AGGREGATES, RADIATING CLUSTERS, SINGLE CRYSTALS, VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Stibnite Partially Oxidized To White And Yellow Antimony Oxides
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.26 OZ/TON AG,NO SEA M110 SMALL PODS UP TO 4 INCHES ACROSS ARE LOCALLY ABUNDANT ENOUGH TO FORM MINEABLE LENSES.
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCKPILE ASSAYED 16.53 % SB, 0.76 OZ AG, AND 0.01 % SE. VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 39.36 % SB
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Development): AREA WAS EXPLORED FOR URANIUM IN 1969-70
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 700 FT OF TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS, THREE SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): THE FLOWS ARE GRAY AND PORPHYRITIC WITH PHENOCRYSTS OF ALBITE, QUARTZ, BIOTITE AND HORNBLENDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 134-135
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E, 1951 NBMG BULL 50.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G.,1933, NBMG BULL. 20
Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 134
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.
