Ward Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044240
MRDS ID M231614
Record type Site
Current site name Ward Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.47566, 39.09714 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position BETWEEN BECKER AND BARRETT CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barrett Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 040E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Analytical data

Result 1951- A 20 FT WIDE ZONE ASSAYED $6.60 PER TON WITH PRICES OF GOLD AT $35/OZ.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.47566, 39.09714

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW SEAMS, STRINGERS, VEINLETS
    Strike N40-60E
    Dip 50-60SE
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer J.M. Ward

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ward, Arthur J.
    Home office Reese River
    First year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, T. W.
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Buckner, Eddie P.
    Home office 4280 Harrigan Road,Fallon, Nv,
    Year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF EIGHT SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P.198

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOL. MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MTNS.: NBMG MAP 38

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION,09 AUG,1981

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 198

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMB AND CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ STRINGERS AND VEINLETS FORM A STOCKWORK IN THE FAULT ZONE: MINOR BRECCIA FILLINGS,ALSO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.