Commodities
PrimaryAntimony
TertiarySelenium, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVEINLETS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
Ore controlShears (?)
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale · Lone Mountain Dolomite
Associated rockLatite
StructureThe Shale Strikes N 5-35 W, Dip 40-70 W.
AlterationThe Rhyolite Near The Vein Is Chloritized.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10072161
MRDS IDW016485
Alternate namesLast Chance Mine, Silver Divide, Bastian, Herd, Francisco
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.74993, -117.25092
References
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 84LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 140-141KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.KLEINHAMPL, 1980