Antelope Mine

The Antelope Mine is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,880 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Antelope Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Fish Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shaley Limestone Trends N-S, Dips Steeply, With Numerous Minor Folds. Fissure Veins Are Present.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 2 FISSURE VEINS CONTAINING SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINERALS IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE; ALSO, CONTACT ZONE

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, INCLINES, WINZES, ONE ADIT AND RAISE

Comment (Geology): THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED IN SHALEY LIMESTONE WHICH IS INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY

Comment (Deposit): FIRST LOCATED BY JIM BUTLER IN 1870. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A NUMBER OF SHAFTS, INCLINES, AND WINZES, AND ON ADIT AND RAISE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO NEV, N.B. OF M. BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 60, REFERENCE NO. 3201100149

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBERG W.O. (1938) RECONNASSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS, EUREKA CO NEV, U.BM. 1C7022

Reference (Deposit): CRIB FILE

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, W.O., (1938)

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.