Dry Canyon Mine

The Dry Canyon Mine is a antimony mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,808 feet.

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

Name: Dry Canyon Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 7,808 Feet (2,380 Meters)

Commodity: Antimony

Lat, Long: 39.3878, -117.11060

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Dry Canyon Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dry Canyon Mine
Secondary: Antimony No. 4
Secondary: Beulah
Secondary: Quito Claim


Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Big Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Mary J. Bray
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1958


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Stibnite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 13 KM SW OF AUSTIN. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL PAST PROD.: 272 T OF 55% SB (1245);SOME PRODUCTION COMBINED WITH OR REPORTED AS OUTPUT FROM ANTIMONY KING (LAST CHANCE) MINE. NO MILL SEE AUSTIN GOLD VENTURE (0320150647) FOR MINERAL INFORMATION.


References

Reference (Deposit): TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, 106 PP.

Reference (Deposit): AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER. GEOLOGY AND

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, 1963, 248 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.