Blue Dick mine (Kirk mine; Harmon mine), Hilltop Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USAi
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Blue Dick mine (Kirk mine; Harmon mine) | Mine |
Hilltop Mining District | Mining District |
Lander County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 24' 51'' North , 116° 50' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Crescent Valley | 392 (2011) | 22.0km |
Battle Mountain | 3,635 (2011) | 26.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
59853
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:59853:5
GUID (UUID V4):
afe60fe1-1029-4631-b4f9-c691402e336c
Sec 6 T29N R46E. Argentiferous lead-antimony sulfides. Also some gold and copper.
Structure: Roberts Mtns Thrust At Depth
Deposit: A vein is associated with a 6-inch coal seam with blebs, crystals, pods, and veinlets of stibnite in quartz about 1900, 1000 tons antimony ore was treated locally for its silver. 100 tons of sorted ore yielding 60% antimony was shipped during WW I. Development consists of a 140-ft adit and several hundred feet of other workings. In 1941, 12 tons Sb ore were shipped to the metal reserve board stockpile at battle mountain. ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Deposit type: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Geology: Vein associated with 6 inch coal seam: blebs, crystals, pors & veinlets of stibinte in qtz.
Ore(s): Contact?
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10044077 |
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