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Warner Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044438
MRDS ID M231856
Record type Site
Current site name Warner Mine
Alternate or previous names Werner Mine, Washington Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22287, 39.13492 (WGS84)
Elevation 2633
Relative position 1.65 MILES NW OF TOIYABE RANGE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brewer 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 015N 042E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22287, 39.13492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Shear Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Rose Warner Of England
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • ONE SMALL SHIPMENT AVERAGING $10/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT.500 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS, SEVERAL MINOR EXCAVATIONS AND AN AERIAL TRAM 1500 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 21 CLAIMS COVERING 400 ACRES. NEIPOLD WERNER WORKED IT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1910. SOME ORE SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1918-1919. IT WAS PURCHASED BY WARNER MINING AND MILLING CO IN 1922, BUT THE VENTURE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE CLAIMS WERE ABANDONED, AND LATER RELOCATED BY MRS WERNER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 208.

  • 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

    USGS BULL 594, P.123-124

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE BRECCIA RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ

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.

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