Antimony King Mine

The Antimony King Mine is a antimony mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,749 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Antimony King Mine
Secondary: Cottonwood Canyon
Secondary: Columbia & Mountain King Claims

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Pine, J. M.
Years: 1912 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Folding Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults"; Nw-Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Quartzite & Shale

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF THE ORE MINED IN 1871 ASSAYED 62.3% SB AND 6.6% BI.

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): OVER 273 TON ORE MINED, 1871-1941; WITH 200 TONS 30% SB ORE REPORTED PRESENT IN 1942, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF 3-5% SB MILLING ORE PRESENT, PLUS MATERIAL ON OLD DUMPS.

Comment (Location): ON RIDGE CREST BETWEEN FORKS OF COTTONWOOD CREEK

Comment (Development): SOME PRODUCTION IN 1871 AND 1939-1941.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, REPLACEMENT IN FAULT ZONE

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, CUTS, TUNNELS

Comment (Geology): VEIN CUTS BOTH QUARTZITE AND SHALE. VEIN IS 2 FT. WIDE IN QUARTZITE, BUT OPENS OUT TO A 8 TO 10 FT. ZONE OF CRUSHED MINERALIZED ROCK WHEN IT PASSES INTO THE SHALE. MOST OF THE STIBNITE IS IN DARK-GREY QUARTZ VEINS.

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED ABOUT 1870. THE DEPOSITS WERE KNOWN IN 1871, AND WERE WORKED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE SINCE THEN. IN 1912, 3 CLAIMS ON THE STRIKE OF THE DEPOSIT WERE OWNED BY J. M. PINE. PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHAFTS ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE, 50 TO 100 FT. DEEP, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW CUTS AND SHAFTS AND TUNNELS IN THE GULCHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIDGE. SOME PRODUCTION IN 1871 AND FROM 1939 TO 1941 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H. AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 88

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.

Reference (Deposit): WHITE, D. E., 1942, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON COTTONWOOD CANYON OR ANTIMONY KING MINE NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN, LANDER CO., NEV: ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. MINE

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R. J. AND D. C. ARNOLD, 1965

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.