Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence

Flower Antimony Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
MercurySeleniumAntimony
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Commodities
TertiaryMercury, Selenium, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPODDY, BLADED CRYSTAL AGGREGATE, RADIATING CLUSTERS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
Ore controlIn Fault Breccia At The Intersection Of A N30w/75e Vein And A N10w/85w Shear Zone.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Phyllite,Shale,Siltstone · Wood Canyon Formation
Associated rockGranite
StructureDeposit Is Just Above A Thrust Fault
AlterationMinor Silicification.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10111439
MRDS IDM231507
Alternate namesFiorite, Logan, Bar, Duane Group, Kernick Divide Mining Co.,, Kernick Duane, NBMG Sample Site #2035, Flower Mine.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.66632, -116.91508
References
KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 99B WITH 1:250,000 SCALE MAP.ERVINE, W.B., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT: NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: STANFORD UNIV. PHD. THESIS, 127 P.LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 61.BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA (NBMG ?).QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD/SITE EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE SELECTION FOR ANALYSES.