The Morning Glory Prospect is a antimony mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Morning Glory Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning Glory Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Window Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Type: L
Description: Northwest Trending Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE OF SORTED ORE RAN .15 OZ/T AU, & 8.2 OZ/T AG
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF OPEN CUTS AND A 30-FT. DEEP SHAFT
Comment (Geology): STIBNITE OCCURS AS LENSES IN A QUARTZ VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH BARITE, ALONG A NORTHWEST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE IN DOLOMITE. PODS OF STIBNITE OCCUR UP TO THREE FEET WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE CARLIN MINE, DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF OPEN CUTS AND A 30 FOOT DEEP SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): STIBNITE OCCURS AS LENSES IN A QUARTZ VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH BARITE IN A SHEAR CONE IN DOLOMITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 302, REF. NO. 3201100041, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 03.068
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F. (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, N.B.M. BULL. 61, P. 70
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA CO., NEV., N.B.M. BULL. 64
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.
