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Mount Wheeler Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174485
MRDS ID D001197
MAS/MILS ID 0320330039
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Wheeler Mine
Alternate or previous names Mount Wheeler, Pole Adit Mine

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAME: WHEELER MOUNTAIN, POLE ADIT

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.34444, 38.90525 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 068 E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 60 KM SE OF ELY. NO MILL ON SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Phenacite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.34444, 38.90525
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 05S
    Thickness 5M
    Length 1000M
    Width 8M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:05S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 961009

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADDITIONAL MINERALS ARE BERTRANDITE (HYDROUS BERYLLIUM SILICATE), A PRIMARY ORE MINERAL, AND MANGANOSIDERITE (MANGANESE IRON SILICATE), A GANGUE MINERAL. BERTRANDITE IS ALSO A MINERAL PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1870
Mining method Open Stope
Milling method Gravity

Comments on exploration

  • THE MT.WHEELER MINE WAS ORIGINALLY DRIVEN TO EXPLORE FOR LEAD-ZINC ORE IN 1951; HOWEVER, SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED INSTEAD. BETWEEN 1952 AND 1954, 1800 T OF ORE AVERAGING 1.3 PERCENT WO3 WAS EXTRACTED AND MILLED AT MINERVA, NEVADA WITH 75 PERCENT DMEA SPONSORSHIP. WHEN DMEA SUPPORT WAS TERMINATED, MEASURED, INDICATED, AND INFERRED RESOURCES TOTALLED 12,307 T AT 0.8 PERCENT WO2. BERYLLIUM MINERALS WERE FOUND IN SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATIONS IN 1959 WHEN TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE ANALYZED SPECTROGRAPHICALLY FOR ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.

Mining district

District name Mount Washington District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mt. Wheeler Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • MT. WHEELER MINES, INC. HOLDS UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS THAT COVER THE MT. WHEELER MINE PROPERTY AND LEASES PATENTED MINING CLAIMS THAT COVER THE ST. LAWRENCE MINE. ADDRESS (1982): MT. WHEELER MINES, INC. 409 FELT BLDG. SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84111

Comments on the production information

  • BERYLLIUM CONC. ASSAY IS IN BeO WT. PERCENT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1, COL.1, Q-P75 REPRESENTS ORE PROPOSED FOR MINING WITH 100 PERCENT RECOVERY AND 0 PERCENT DILUTION. MATRIX 1, COL.2, Q-P90 REPRESENTS MEASURED RESOURCES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1500M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 1189
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings BAD AIR
    2nd Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 140
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 23.1
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • BEO ASSAY: GRADE IS 1.0 WT-PCT, RECOVERY IS 85 PERCENT, MINERAL IS A SILICATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DREWES, H. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SNAKE

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    PLAINS, NEVADA. GEOLOGY SOCIETY AMERICAN BULL., VOL 69,

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, 1958, PP. 221-240.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, H., AND A. R. PALMER. CAMBRIAN ROCKS OF

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    SOUTHERN SNAKE RANGE, NEVADA. AM. ASSOC. PETROLEUM GEOL.

  • Deposit

    BULL., V. 41, NO. 1, 1957, PP. 104-120.

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    HAVENS, R., AND W. I. NISSEN. LABORATORY CONTINUOUS

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    FLOTATION OF BERTRANDITE AND PHENACITE FROM MOUNT WHEELER,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA, BERYLLIUM ORES. BUMINES RI 6386, 1964, 18 PP.

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    HAVENS, R., W. I. NISSEN, AND J. B. ROSENBAUM.

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    NEVADA, BERYLLIUM ORE. BUMINES RI 5875, 1961, 14 PP.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. H., JR. BERYLLIUM INVESTIGATIONS IN

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    CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, 1959-62, BUMINES IC 8158, 1963, 19

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R. K., M. C. BLAKE, AND R. M. SMITH. GEOLOGY

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    AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

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    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 85, 1976, 105 PP.

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    KLUENDER, S. E. MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WHEELER

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    PEAK ROADLESS AREA, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

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    OFR 56-83, 1983, TABLE 1, P. 22; PLATE 1.

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    STAGER, H. K. A NEW BERYLLIUM DEPOSIT AT THE MOUNT

  • Deposit

    WHEELER MINE, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. CH. 33 IN SHORT

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    PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

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    PAPER 400-B, 1960, PP. B70-B71.

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    STAGER, H. K., AND J. V. TINGLEY. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS

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    IN NEVADA. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988,

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    P. 221.

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    WHITEBREAD, D. H. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WHEELER PEAK

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    AND HIGHLAND RIDGE FURTHER PLANNING AREAS, WHITE PINE

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    COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP,

  • Deposit

    MF-1343-A, 1982, SCALE 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    WHITEBREAD, D. H., AND D. E. LEE. GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    MOUNT WHEELER MINE AREA, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    CH. 193 IN SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC

  • Deposit

    SCIENCES, ARTICLES 147-292. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

  • Deposit

    PAPER 424-C, 1961, PP. C120-C122.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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