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Silver Wedge Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10098624
MRDS ID M232935
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Wedge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06232, 39.49242 (WGS84)
Elevation 2151

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 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold 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
Stibnite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxiddation

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) -117.06232, 39.49242
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Faults

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 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEEVADA: 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 RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1904 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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