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Wedekind Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043851
MRDS ID M231139
Record type Site
Current site name Wedekind Mine
Alternate or previous names Reno Star, Dennison Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75044, 39.56461 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reno(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 020E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75044, 39.56461
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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 Wedekind District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SO-CALLED VEIN STRIKES NORTHWEST IN ALTERED ANDISITE, THE ORE DOES NOT SHOW AT SURFACE IN ALL PLACES, AND MOST OF THE LEDGES ARE BLIND. THE SOFT ALTERED ROCK IN THE ORE ZONES IS HEAVILY IMPREGNATED WITH GYPSUM. IN GENERAL, THE ORE LOOKS LIKE A FERRUGINOUS CEMENTED CONGLOMERATE. IN THE RICHER ORE LEAD SULFIDES AND CARBONATES CARRY FREE GOLD AND SILVER SULFIDE AND CHLORIDE. IN THE WEDEKIND SHAFT, AT A DEPTH OF 213 FEET, A FLOW OF WARM WATER WITH SULPHURETED HYDROGEN WAS CUT (MORRIS) IN 1930, SOUTHWEST MINES INVESTMENT CO, LEASED THE WEDEKIND AND ARKELL MINES AND CHURN DRILLED THREE HOLES. TWO OF THESE HOLES REPORTEDLY HIT LEAD, ZINC, AND SILVER SULFIDES AT DEPTHS RANGING FROM 210 TO 400 FEET. (BONHAM, P 91) A CROSS-SECTION FILED WITH AN OLD REPORT ON WEDEKIND (F.L. PARMETER, 1947) SHOWS GOOD SILVER VALUES FOR ONE OF THESE HOLES (LABELED CD, HOLE 2) VALUES RANGE FROM 19.6 OZ/AG TO 84.8 OZ/AG BETWEEN 224 FEET AND 317 FEET. NO FOOTAGES ARE GIVEN FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ASSAYS. BLM
  • RECORDS SHOW WEDEKIND MINE TO BE LOCATED ON THE SAFEGARD PATENT, M.S. 1949. CLAIM OVERLAPS ON DITCH ON ITS S.E. CORNER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.C., HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IN THE VEINS AT WEDEKIND NEV, ENG & MINING J V 76, AUG 22,1903, P 2756.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. & MIN DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, T.D., MINERAL RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    UNSIGNED PLAN MAPS OF WEDEKIND MINE, FROM NBMG FILES, RENO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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