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Wilder Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045253
MRDS ID M232948
Record type Site
Current site name Wilder Mine
Alternate or previous names Belle Wilder Incline

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07204, 39.49159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2083

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 044E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A POINT IN NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS MADE IN 1915-19 SHOW THAT THE VEIN MATTER CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 100 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON. ONE SAMPLE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT HIGH-GRADE MATERIAL CONTAINED A TRACE OF GOLD, 68.8 OUNCES SILVER, 8.4% LEAD AND 11.2% COPPER. A PIECE ASSAYED IN 1919 CONTAINED .12 OUNCE GOLD AND 419.9 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, 1.8% LEAD, AND 1.2% ZINC, 4.7% COPPER, 13.5% IRON, AND 52.8% SILICA. THIS IS PROBABLY ROUGHLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPORTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS, THOUGH OF MORE THAN AVERAGE RICHNESS.

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 > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07204, 39.49159
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Faults

Ore body information

  • Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE INCLINE WAS DRIVEN DOWNWARD 160 FT ON THE HANGING WALL OF A VEIN. A CROSSCUT NORTHEAST FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINZE CUTS 3 VEINS, EACH OF WHICH HAS BEEN DRIFTED ON FOR A SHORT DISTANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE QUARTZ LENSES VARY IN WIDTH FROM ABOUT AN INCH TO MORE THAN A FOOT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd 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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