Fencemaker

The Fencemaker is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,551 feet.

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Mine Info

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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.