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Quien Sabe Antimony

The Quien Sabe Antimony is a antimony mine located in San Benito county, California at an elevation of 2,730 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: Quien Sabe Antimony

State:  California

County:  San Benito

Elevation: 2,730 Feet (832 Meters)

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 36.9136, -121.22720

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Quien Sabe Antimony MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Quien Sabe Antimony
Secondary: Quien Sabe Mine
Secondary: Quien Sabe

Commodity

Primary: Antimony

Location

State: California
County: San Benito
District: Stayton

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Fee Ownership

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: R. B. Knox Estate, Bank Of America
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1983

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Sublevel
Milling Method: Flotation
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Antimony

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WATER WOULD HAVE TO BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS; POWER GENERATED AT THE SITE, OR TRANSMITTED FROM POWER LINES LOCATED 2.6 KM EAST OF THE DEPOSIT. EIGHT HUNDRED METERS OF ACCESS ROAD WOULD HAVE TO BE IMPROVED. LABOR IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE SITE AND WOULD HAVE TO COMMUTE FROM HOLLISTER, CALIFORNIA. THE PROPOSED MINE PRODUCTION RATE OF 111 T/D ORE, INCLUDES 100 T/D ORE AND 11 T/D DILUTION MATERIAL; A 10 PERCENT DILUTION FACTOR.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): REE U.S. BUMINES R.I. 5192.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GANNON, F., 1983, ANTIMONY - WORLD WIDE RECESSION CUTS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PRICES, PRODUCTION, AND CONSUMPTION: ENGINEERING AND

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING JOURNAL, MARCH 1983, PP. 122-23.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ......................................................... ..

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GOLDMAN, H. G., 1957, ANTIMONY IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 176, P. 38.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEITH, C. J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1949, QUICKSILVER AND

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA:

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 147, PP. 37-56.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1942, QUICKSILVER AND

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 931-Q.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGEL, H. L., 1949, DENSE-MEDIUM AND FLOTATION TESTS ON

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AN ANTIMONY ORE FROM CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): R. I. 4616, 6 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BAHIA-GUIMARAES, PAULO FERNANDO, 1972, THE GENESIS OF THE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ANTIMONY-MERCURY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIFORNIA: STANFORD UNIV., PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, PH. D.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THESIS, 222 P.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ............................................................

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 147, PP. 1-35.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WIEBELT, FRANK J., 1956, QUIEN SABE ANTIMONY MINE, SAN

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BENITO COUNTY, CALIF.: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, R. I. 5192,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 29 P.

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