Gribble Antimony

The Gribble Antimony is a tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gribble Antimony
Secondary: Winnee Quartz
Secondary: McKinnon Antimony
Secondary: Star Metal
Secondary: Mc Kinson

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Island Mountain

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

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: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FIL E REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL (K) (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD., NEV BUR. OF MINES BULL 67

Reference (Deposit): LAWYENCE,E.F.(1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSIT OF NEVADA,NBMG BULL 11.61.

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.