Winnemucca Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037022
MRDS ID M030034
Record type Site
Current site name Winnemucca Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill Group
Related records 10310415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75958, 40.99711 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 3 MILES FROM WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winnemucca West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 037E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 13; S. SLOPE WINNEMUCCA MTN; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1958 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Yes

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Winnemucca Formation
    Rock description Winnemucca Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75958, 40.99711

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 60SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Shear Zone; Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER IN GANGUE OF QUARTZ AND IRON OXIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Winnemucca Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gus And Ab Rogers
    First year 1945

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period To 1943
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.015 To 0.94 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 2227 TONS ORE WORTH $27,282 PRIOR TO 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6995

  • Deposit

    1937, PROSPECTUS FOR WINNEMUCCA MOUNTAIN MINES CO; ON FILE AT N.B.M.G.

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 22 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit 22 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ORE HAD A HIGH IRON CONTENT, AND WAS SHIPPED PRIMARILY FOR USE AS FLUX; DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW TUNNELS. OWNED BY GUS AND AB ROGERS IN 1937 THROUGH 1945 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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