Antimony King

The Antimony King is a antimony mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,619 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Antimony King  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 8,619 Feet (2,627 Meters)

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 39.3897, -117.10280

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Antimony King MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Antimony King
Secondary: Mamoth
Secondary: Mammoth
Secondary: Mountain View
Secondary: Mt. View
Secondary: Confidence
Secondary: Big Creek
Secondary: Stokes Mine
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Bray Mine
Secondary: Antimony Millsite
Secondary: Quito Claim
Secondary: Antimony King Mine
Secondary: Pine Mine
Secondary: Commodore


Commodity

Primary: Antimony


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Big Creek 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

Type: Private Lease


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Donald Colson
Info Year: 1984


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Production): PAST PROD.:454 MT SB METAL(NV DIR. BIB. REF. #376). SOME PRODUCTION APPARENTLY COMBINED WITH OR REPORTED AS OUTPUT FROM THE DRY CANYON ANTIMONY MINE.

Comment (Geology): IN LITHOLOGY, OTHER REFERS TO FRACTURING.

Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 12 KM SW OF AUSTIN. NO MILL ON SITE. SEE AUSTIN GOLD VENTURE FOR GENERAL COMMENTS (0320150647).

Comment (Ownership): LESSEE FMC CORP., RENO, NV (1984).

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.


References

Reference (Deposit): TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9035, P. 69.

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, 106 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER. GEOLOGY AND

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, 1963, 248 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU


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.