Antelope Property

The Antelope Property is a mercury mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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

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Site Name

Primary: Antelope Property
Secondary: Antelope Claims Nos. 3 Thru 18
Secondary: Lodestar Claims Nos. 1 Thru 60.

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Lone Pine District

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: C. B. Mathews And W. S. Miller

Owner Name: Colton Log And Lumber Co. (Many Shallow Trenches And Pits Were Dug, Mostly On The Antelope No
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1929
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw- And Ne-Trending Faults. Volcanics Strike North, Dip Gently East.

Type: L
Description: Nw- And Ne-Trending Faults And Fractures.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Silicification, Argillization, Hydrothermal.

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BEST 10-INCH SEAM OF 0.7% CONTAINED 0.12% HG AS MERCURIC CHLORIDE (14 LB/TON).

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Development): EPITHERMAL; VEIN/FRACTURE FILLING

Comment (Deposit): PULVURENT CINNABAR OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES, SEAMS.

Comment (Workings): ONE CAVED INCLINED SHAFT 80 FEET DEEP, 39 TRENCHES, 113 PITS.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1939. BATCH-TYPE FURNACE INSTALLED 1955-56.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M232563, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Comment (Commodity): CONSIDERABLE PULVERULENT CINNABAR ON NUMBER 10 CLAIM.

Comment (Location): THE 18 CLAIMS EXTEND 2 MILES ALONG BALD MOUNTAIN CREEK FROM CRESLER SPRING EAST. THEY ARE NOT WITHIN SHELDON NATIONAL ANTELOPE REFUGE BOUNDARIES. UTM IS FOR WESTERN BOUNDARY OF CLAIMS.

Comment (Production): ABOUT 1/2 FLASK HG RECOVERED THAT WAS REPORTED; MAY BE MORE. ORE RUNS 14 LB/TON IN BEST SEAM.

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY AND WASHOE COUNTIES: NBMG BULL. 46

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931 - B.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVAD NBMG BULL. 41.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H, F, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 70.

Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 269.

Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W. T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON: USBM RI 5285.

Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J. B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUMBOLDT AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002.

Reference (Production): LAPOINTE, D.D., UNPUBLISHED RECORDS: NBMG.

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.