The Beeler Prospect is a silver, antimony, and copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Antimony, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.58361, -118.15944
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Beeler Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beeler Prospect
Secondary: NBMG # 3537
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND BLEBS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Lunning Formation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Tetrahedrite To Azurite, Malachite; Yellow-White Coatings Of Sb Oxide
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE ASSAYED 5.12 PERCENT SB, 9.4 PERCENT CU, 0.02 OUNCE AU 12.48 OUNCES AG PER TON
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): EST. LOCATION !!
Comment (Development): UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: SMALL OR NONE
Comment (Deposit): LUNING FORMATION
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY FOUR PITS SMALL ADITS ALONG AND PROSPECTS ?
Comment (Geology): THE VEINS ARE HIGHLY OXIDIZED, FERRIC-IRON STAINED. THE WORKINGS ARE AT THE HEAD OF A NARROW STEEP CANYON AND THE SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE A STOCKPILE OF ORES THAT WAS BEING TRANSPORTED BY FOOT SINCE THERE WERE NO ROADS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, SANTE FE MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-7-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
