The Blue Ribbon is a antimony mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Blue Ribbon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Ribbon
Secondary: Reid
Secondary: Boyce
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Edgemont
Land Status
Not available
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
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Both Footwall & Hanging Wall Of The Vein Have Been Argillized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE LAWRENCE (1963) P. 57
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE ANTIMONY OCCURS PRIMARILY AS STRINGERS OF STIBNITE, IN THE QUARTZ VEINS, BUT ALSO SPARSELY DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE QUARTZ. THE STIBNITE IS COARSE-GRAINED AND HAS NOT BEEN OXIDIZED FOR MORE THAN A FEW FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF 19 TONS ORE AVERAGING 36% SB WAS RECORDED IN 1940
Comment (Deposit): SITUATED ON THE CREST OF PENNSYLVANNIA HILL, 5 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY. PRODUCTION OF 19 TONS OF ORE, CONTAINING 36% SB WAS RECORDED IN 1940. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CAVED INCLINED SHAFT, A SHALLOW SHAFT, AN ADIT, AND SEVERAL PITS
Comment (Location): +/- 500 M.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS 18" TO 30" WIDE
Comment (Workings): CAVED INCLINED SHAFT, SHALLOW SHAFT, ADIT, & SEVERAL PITS
References
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M. (1976)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A.E. (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BALL 54.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL G1
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.
