Antimony King Mine, Bernice Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Antimony King Mine | Mine |
| Bernice Mining District | Mining District |
| Churchill County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 45' 20'' North , 117° 46' 46'' West
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Solomonking; Solomon; Volks; Blue Bird; Van Reed; Turley; J.P. Williams
Structure: Faults
Alteration: Altered Slate; Silicification; Sericitization Of Pike Orsill
Deposit: Quartz vein, stibnite occurs As pods, blebs & veinlets in the quartz vein and in the fractured sill. On the lower level, the vein opens up into a 48-inch mass of quartz containing 900s of stibnite up to 2 feet across. Lawrence (1963,p23) reported analyses of 12.71 and 33.42% antimony, but by selective mining and hand-sorting, it is possible to ship ore running 60% sb. Silver content is 20-50 ppm, and 0.3-0.2 ppm au. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept
Deposit type: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Development: Owned by j.p. Williams in earlier years; this has been the principal producer of antimony in the district. It was first worked As aunit with the i.u.x. Mine; hence difficulty in crediting production to each.
Geology: Best ore shoots occur associated with the limestone layers
Rock formation(s): Star Peak Formation
Ore(s): Highly Fractured, 3recciated Sill; Slaty Gouge Zone
Alteration: Altered Slate; Silicification; Sericitization Of Pike Orsill
Deposit: Quartz vein, stibnite occurs As pods, blebs & veinlets in the quartz vein and in the fractured sill. On the lower level, the vein opens up into a 48-inch mass of quartz containing 900s of stibnite up to 2 feet across. Lawrence (1963,p23) reported analyses of 12.71 and 33.42% antimony, but by selective mining and hand-sorting, it is possible to ship ore running 60% sb. Silver content is 20-50 ppm, and 0.3-0.2 ppm au. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept
Deposit type: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Development: Owned by j.p. Williams in earlier years; this has been the principal producer of antimony in the district. It was first worked As aunit with the i.u.x. Mine; hence difficulty in crediting production to each.
Geology: Best ore shoots occur associated with the limestone layers
Rock formation(s): Star Peak Formation
Ore(s): Highly Fractured, 3recciated Sill; Slaty Gouge Zone
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
7 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Cervantite Formula: Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cervantite | 4.DE.30 | Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Cervantite | Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Cervantite | Sb3+Sb5+O4 |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| GeoNames ID: | 5499340 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10045382 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Auld Lang Syne BasinBasin
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Golconda-Roberts Mountain DomainDomain
- Havallah BasinBasin
- Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
- West Nevada Permian-Triassic BasinBasin
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