Wild Rose Antimony Deposits

The Wild Rose Antimony Deposits is a antimony mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,761 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wild Rose Antimony Deposits
Secondary: Wildrose Antimony Mine
Secondary: Wildrose Mine
Secondary: Monarch Claim
Secondary: Combination Claim
Secondary: Monopoly Claim
Secondary: Kennedy Claim
Secondary: Antimonium
Secondary: Wild Rose Canyon Antimony Deposits

Commodity

Primary: Antimony

Location

State: California
County: Inyo
District: Wild Rose

Land Status

Land ownership: National Monument
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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Dresselhaus, Carl And Rink, Lawrence
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1983

Owner Name: Boeckerman, Ruth
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1983

Production

Year: 1919
Time Period: 1915-1919
Description: Total Recorded Production 1915-1919 3629 Tonnes Of Ore @ 42% Sb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1893
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Antimony
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WORKINGS PLUS ADDITIONAL WORKINGS, ARE SCATTERED OVER A 9.6 SQ KM AREA INSIDE DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE AREA EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTHERN PARK BOUNDARY 5 KM NORTH ACROSS WILDROSE CANYON. POWER WOULD HAVE TO BE GENERATED AT THE SITE OR TRANSMITTED FROM THE NEAREST POWER LINE 26 KM AWAY. THIS POWER LINE IS AT CAPACITY AND WOULD REQUIRE A MAJOR REBUILD. ADEQUATE WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE SITE FOR A MINING OPERATION; WELLS WOULD HAVE TO BE DRILLED. IF WATER CANNOT BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED; PERHAPS 44 KM. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD WOULD REQUIRE REBUILDING FOR 6 KM, BEFORE A MINING OPERATION COULD PROCEED. THIS ACCESS ROAD WOULD BE HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM THE WILDROSE RANGER STATION, 6 KM AWAY. THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1893. PRODUCTION RECORDS ARE INADEQUATE; IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE REPORTED PRODUCTION IS CORRECT AND OCCURED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1919. STRIKE AND DIP OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE, AND DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS ARE NOT RELEVANT; NUMEROUS DEPOSITS ARE SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA. THE CHIEF ORE MINERALS ARE ANTIMONY OXIDES; CERVANTITE, STIBICONITE, VALENTINITE, AND SENARMONTITE. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE ANTIMONY CONTENT IS DERIVED FROM OXIDES; STIBNITE IS OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE. COST ESTIMATES WERE NOT DETERMINED FOR THIS DEPOSIT BECAUSE: 1) CAPITAL OR OPERATING COSTS OF A PROPOSED MINING OPERATION WOULD EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE MINERAL CONTENT EXTRACTED. 2) TOTAL RESOURCES REPRESENT LESS THAT ONE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL APPARENT DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION (1982 DATA). 3) DISPERSAL OF TABULAR PODIFORM BODIES OVER A WIDE AREA PREVENT THE USE OF HIGH VOLUME LOW COST MINING TECHNIQUES. 4)NO VIABLE MILLING TECHNIQUE CURRENTLY EXISTS; SIXTY PERCENT OF THE ORE IS IN THE FORM OF OXIDES AND CANNOT BE RECOVERED BY GRAVITY SEPARATION OR FLOTATION.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO MINING AND MILLING OPERATIONS WERE PROPOSED AT THE TIME OF ST UDY.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PANAMINT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR., OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 28,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINE: TEXAS SMELTING COMPANY INTERNAL MEMORANDUM, 4 P.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GUITERAS, J. R., 1940, REPORT ON WILDROSE ANTIMONY PROPERTY:

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES FILE REPORT, 4 P.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MURPHY, F. M., 1932, GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE PANAMINT

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 28, PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 344-347.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAMPSON, R. J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ALBEE, A. L., LABOTKA, T. C., LANPHERE, M. A., AND MCDOWELL,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): S. D., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TELESCOPE PEAK

Reference (Reserve-Resource): QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP, GQ-1532.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ALLSMAN, P. T., 1941, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPLORING THE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WILD ROSE CANYON ANTIMONY DEPOSITS, INYO COUNTY,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIFONRIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES FILE REPORT, 14 P.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894, MINES AND MINING PRODUCTS OF

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 12

Reference (Reserve-Resource): (TWELFTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST), P. 21.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DAKIN, F. H., 1939, PRELIMINARY REPORT, WILD ROSE ANTIMONY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WHITE, D. E., 1940, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE WILDROSE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CANYON AREA, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULL. 922K, PP. 307-325.

Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L. A., JR., AND R. M. STEWART, 1951, MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF.

Reference (Deposit): JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 138.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NO'S. 3 & 4, P. 358.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TUCKER, W., B., 1926, INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AND GEOL., VOL. 22, NO. 1, P. 462.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES

Reference (Reserve-Resource): OF INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GEOL., VOL. 34, NO. 4, P. 378.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WARING, C. A. AND HUGUENIN, E., 1919, INYO COUNTY: CALIF.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 15 (FIFTEENTH REPORT OF

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE STATE MINERALOGIST), P. 60.

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