The Sutherland is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,259 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 40.2125, -118.25970
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Sutherland MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sutherland
Secondary: Reid
Secondary: Salvation
Secondary: Kermesite
Secondary: Thies-Hutchins
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Black Knob District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Saga Exploration, Winnemucca, Nv
Company ID: 2600544
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1870
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): SUTHERLAND MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN THE LARGEST SB PRODUCER IN NEVADA. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS DURING WORLD WAR I.
Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 19 KM EAST OF LOVELOCK. NO MILL ON SITE.
Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.
References
Reference (Deposit): 46, NO. 3, 1951, PP. 267-310.
Reference (Deposit): 376. LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, 1963, 248 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 683. STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975. DEP. IND. RELATIONS,
Reference (Deposit): DIV. OF MINE INSP., 1976, 70 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 718. TISHLER, M. S., H. F. BONHAM, JR., AND W. A.
Reference (Deposit): OESTERLING. MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN NEVADA AND
Reference (Deposit): NORTHWESTERN UTAH. SUM. OF GEOL. SURV. OF 1955-1961,
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CA, V. 1, 1964, 188
Reference (Deposit): PP.
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.
