The Milton Canyon Mine is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 38.81528, -117.57528
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Milton Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Milton Canyon Mine
Secondary: Berryman Prospect
Secondary: Humphrey
Secondary: Kennedy
Secondary: Mike
Secondary: Dart.
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union 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: Dart Construction Co.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 40% Sb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: BLEBS, CLUSTERS, NEEDLES IN VUGS, SMALL PODS, LENSES, SINGLE CRYSTALS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deformation Of Limestone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCKPILE AT THE MILTON CANYON SHAFT ASSAYED 20.77% SB, 0.32 OZ AG, TRACE OF SE.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 2.2 AIRMILES SOUTH OF GRANTSVILLE.
Comment (Production): MOST ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM 1939-1948
Comment (Development): SOME POST-1950 ACTIVITY, BUT MOST WAS 1939-1948.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 26 FT SHAFT, A 210 FT SHAFT, A 20 FT SHAFT, A 34 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Geology): VEINS CONTAIN SILICIFIED FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE, QUARTZ, STIBNITE, AND ANTIMONY OXIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 203-204.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 153-155
Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 153
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.
