The Fencemaker is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,551 Feet (1,692 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 40.0722, -117.85920
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Fencemaker MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fencemaker
Secondary: Fenstonmaker
Secondary: Lucky Lode
Secondary: S. & W.
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Table Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Bell Mining And Developing Inc
Company ID: 2601650
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1983
Production
Year: 1979
Description: Ore Grade: 25%..Concentrate Grade: 52% 73 Tonnes Of Concentrate
Year: 1880
Description: Antimony Ore Shipped In The 1880'S. Unknown Quantity
Year: 1982
Description: Ore Grade: 25%..Concentrate Grade: 52% 18 Tonnes Of Concentrate
Year: 1981
Description: Ore Grade: 25%..Concentrate Grade: 52% 40 Tonnes Of Concentrate
Year: 1970
Description: Ore Grade: 25%..Concentrate Grade: 52% 1633 Tonnes Of Concentrate
Year: 1940
Description: Average Ore Grade: 52% Sb. 1 Tonnes Of Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope
Milling Method: Sizing
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
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: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINING AND MILLING METHODS ARE PROPOSED BY THE EVALUATOR. AKA: FENSTONMAKER, LUCKY LODE, S.& W.
Comment (Deposit): WATER MUST BE OBTAINED FROM SHALLOW WELLS. POWER IS AVAILABLE WITHIN 1 KILOMETER (KM) OF THE SITE. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD IS ADEQUATE. LABOR MUST COMMUTE FROM LOVELOCK, NEVADA.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 41,
Reference (Deposit): V. 38, NO. 5, 1944, 206 PP.
Reference (Deposit): BURKE, D. B. REINTERPRETATION OF THE TOBIN THRUST:
Reference (Deposit): PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. PH.D. DISS., STANFORD UNIV.,
Reference (Deposit): STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 1973, 82 PP.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU
Reference (Deposit): PRE-TERTIARY GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN TOBIN RANGE,
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., AND D. A. PHOENIX. QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN
Reference (Deposit): SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-7, 1951, SCALE 1:125,000.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF A PART OF THE
Reference (Deposit): STILLWATER RANGE, CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MAP 28, 1965, SCALE 1:125,000.
Reference (Deposit): SPEED, R. C. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUMBOLDT LOPOLITH AND
Reference (Deposit): SURROUNDING TERRAIN, NEVADA. GEOL. SOC. AM. MAP AND
Reference (Deposit): CHART SERIES MC-14, 1976, SCALE 1:81,000.
Reference (Deposit): SPEED, R. C., AND T. A. JONES. SYNOROGENIC QUARTZ SANDSTONE
Reference (Deposit): IN THE JURASSIC MOBILE BELT OF WESTERN NEVADA, BOYER
Reference (Deposit): RANCH FORMATION. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL., V. 80, NO. 12,
Reference (Deposit): 1969, P. 2551-2584.
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.
Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, 1963, 248 PP.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO, NV, 1923, 280 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MULLER, S. W., H. G. FERGUSON, AND R. J. ROBERTS. GEOLOGIC
Reference (Deposit): MAP OF THE MOUNT TOBIN QUADRANGLE. U.S. GEOLOGICAL
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.
