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Winters Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Iron, Copper, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  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 10037722
MRDS ID M035901
Record type Site
Current site name Winters Mine
Alternate or previous names Burke Mine, Sweeney

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.48266, 38.87435 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position NO. SLOPE OREANA PEAK, 6 MI. SW OF ARTESIA LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 022E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LEAD CARBONATE CARRYING UNSPECIFIED AG AND LESS AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized To A Depth Of 150 Ft.

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 > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.48266, 38.87435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, STRINGERS
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 75 W
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Qtz. Stringers Occur Irregularly In Lense Of Crushed Argillites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Red Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS TUNNELS EXPLORING VEIN AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURKE, A. J., 1913 , REPORT FROM SUPERINTENDENT OF MINE UNPUBL. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS BULL. 594 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHIPPED TO THOMPSON SMELTER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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