Arrance Prospect

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Antimony

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045383
MRDS ID M233095
Record type Site
Current site name Arrance Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78845, 39.76324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 32 MILES NNE OF EASTGATE
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 037 23 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF BERNICE CANYON, 1.7 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH AND ABOUT 40 FT. ABOVE THE CANYON FLOOR. ACCURACY +-25M ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Stibnite To Yellow And White Antimony Oxides.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78845, 39.76324

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5W
    Dip STEEPLY WEST
    Thickness 5.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bernice District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arrance, Dan
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF LESS THAN 1/2 A TON OF SB METAL

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M233095

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61

  • Production

    WILLDEN & SPEED, (1974) P. 62.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STIBNITE OCCURS IN FRACTURESIN A FELSITE DIKE, AND AS SMALL CRYSTALS AND HALOES AROUND PYRITE GRAINS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THESILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology