Antelope

The Antelope is a copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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
Secondary: Mars-Homestake Claims

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Stateline Peak 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

Not available

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

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tenorite

Comments

Comment (Location): NE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECT 31

Comment (Workings): THE MINE WAS ORIGINALLY WORKED IN THE 1880'S AND APPARENTLY AGAIN ON A SMALL SCALE 1939-1941. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TUNNEL, SHAFT, DRIFTS, PROSPECT PITS, AND TRENCHES WHICH EXPLORE A NORTHWEST-TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN IN MESOZOIC METAVOLCANICS. THE VEIN CAN BE TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR OVER 4,000 FEET, AVE WIDTH, 5 FEET (BONHAM, P 89). OVERTON, P 81, REPORTS THAT THERE ARE TWO, PARALLEL VEINS, THE MARS AND THE HOMESTAKE, ON THE PROPERTY.

References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, TD, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE, CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

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.