Commodities
PrimaryAntimony
TertiaryBismuth, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFracture Zone, Breccia Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Chert · Scott Canyon Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFolding Thrust Faults, Ne-Trending Faults"; Nw-Trending Faults
AlterationSilicification Of Quartzite & Shale
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1871
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10043980
MRDS IDM231293
Alternate namesCottonwood Canyon, Columbia & Mountain King Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.5999, -117.10067
References
STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H. AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 88HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.WHITE, D. E., 1942, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON COTTONWOOD CANYON OR ANTIMONY KING MINE NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN, LANDER CO., NEV: ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. MINEROBERTS, R. J. AND D. C. ARNOLD, 1965