The Stibnite Prospect is a antimony mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.46917, -116.01167
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Stibnite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stibnite Prospect
Secondary: Affranchine
Secondary: Antimony Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka 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
Owner Name: Ernest Affranchino
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicitication, Minor Oxidation
Rocks
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
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 17.5% SB & .96 OZ/T AG
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Geology): A SILICIFIED ZONE IN THE CARBONATE INCLUDES MINOR CALCITE. STIBNITE IN SMALL PODS VEINLETS, AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN THIS ZONE AND AS REPLACEMENTS IN ADJACENT CARBONATE
Comment (Workings): 5 OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED ZONE CONTAINS PODS, VEINLETS, CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE.
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT IS DEVELOPED BY FIVE OPEN CUTS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT. OWNED BY ERNEST ARRRANCHINO IN 1955 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE E.F. (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 61.
Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 81, REF NO. 3201100042, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 03.024
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.
