Antelope Mine

The Antelope Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Antelope Mine
Secondary: North
Secondary: Starlight

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Antelope Mining Co.
Years: 1912 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock & Assoc. Faults & Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE WORTH (FORMERLY STARLIGHT) CLAIM

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS (THE DEEPEST 60 FEET) AND ASSOCIATED WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): VEIN IS ABOUT 2 FEET WIDE AND CONTAINS GLASSY QTZ, OXIDIZED CU MINERALS, SOME SULFIDES VEIN IS SHEETED GRANODIORITE, BOTTOM OF SHAFT ENTERING SULFIDE ZONE.

Comment (Deposit): WITH 6 OZ/TON AG, AND $11.60 AU/TON (SCHRADER, 1912, P 123). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM, WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE, 1898-1910. IN 1910, A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SALT LAKE CITY

Comment (Deposit): VEINS IN SHEETED GRANODIORITE. BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT ENTERING SULFIDE ZONE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT DISCOVERED ABOUT 1898 AND WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE UNTIL 1910. THE DEEPEST SHAFT IS 60 FEET. THE ANTELAPE VEIN IS IN THE MAIN MASS OF GRANODIORITE ABOUT 600 FEET SOUTH OF THE CONTACT. THE GRANODIORITE IS SHEETED APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL TO THE VEIN, WHICH STRIKES NE AND DIPS 80 DEG SE. A PARALLEL VEIN WITH NEARLY VERTICAL DIP ABOUT 75 FEET TO THE NORTH REPORTEDLY CONTAINS HIGH-GRADE ORE WHERE OPENED BY A SHAFT ON ANTELOPE GROUND. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 29). THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE ON THE ANTELOPE VEIN (ALSO CALLED THE JULES VERNE VEIN). IN JULY, 1910, A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE ORE ASSAYING $101.00 PER TON WAS SHIPPED TO SALT LAKE CITY. BESIDES CU, THE ORE CONTAINS ABOUT 6 OZ/TON AG, AND SOME AU. THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT SEEMS TO BE ENTERING THE SULFIDE ZONE. ABOUT 75 FT. NORTH OF THE ANTELOPE VEIN AND PARALLELING IT IN STRIKE, BUT WITH ALMOST VERTICAL DIP, IS A SIMILAR VEIN, FROM ONE TO SEVERAL FEET IN WIDTH. WHERE IT IS OPENED BY A SHAFT ON ANTELOPE GROUND, IT YIELDS ASSAYS OF 47% CU,

Comment (Production): WORKED FROM 1898 TO 1910; A CARLOAD OF HIGH-GRADE COPPER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1910, ASSAYING $101.00/TON. BESIDES 47% CU, THE ORE HAS ABOUT 6 OZ/TON AG AND $111.60/TON AU (IN 1912).

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) ARECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912 & 1935)

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.