The Choates Mine is a antimony mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Choates Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Choates Mine
Secondary: Freeman
Secondary: Stibnite
Secondary: Jellison
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Unnamed (Pyramid)
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: North American Aviation
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 27 TONS OF ORE, 52% SB PRODUCED IN 1940, 11 TONS ORE, 56% SB, PRODUCED IN 1941, 19 TONS ORE, 62.5% SB PRODUCED IN 1942.
Comment (Geology): VEINS NARROW, HAVE NORTHERLY DIP AT LOW ANGLES, ARE PARTIALLY OXIDIZED.
Comment (Location): NORTH OF SUGARLOAF PEAK
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., ANTIMBNY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG. BULL 61, 1963
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF WASHOE, STOREY CO., NEV. NBMG BULL 70, 1969
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.
