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Wholey Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  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 10040528
MRDS ID M055341
Record type Site
Current site name Wholey Mine
Alternate or previous names Long Horn Group, Whaley's, NBMG Sample Site 2453, Eastern Nos. 1-6, Longhorn, Dexter Claims, Possible Fraction.
Related records 10295236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46125, 41.35628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 30 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 040E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2453 COLLECTED FROM DUMP, MAY HAVE COME FROM FAULT ZONE. DARK BROWN RICH-LOOKING FE-OXIDES WITH CU OXIDES, -IT CONTAINS +5 LB/TN HG, + 20 % FE, 0.5 % MG, 0.1 % CA, 0.05 %- TI, 3000 PPM MN, 200 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM -BE, 150 PPM CO, 700 PPM CR, +20000 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 1500 PPM -NI, 150 PPM SB, 30 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 15-O PPM ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46125, 41.35628
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Plane Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N
    Dip W30-60

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Faults; Cross-Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: CINNABAR OCCURS AS VEINLETS AND CRYSTALS ALONG BEDDING PLANE FAULTS. BESTORE OCCURS WHERE A CROSS-FRACTURE (N45 DEGREES W, DIP 75 DEGREES NE) CUTS ACROSS BEDDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer J.C. Wholey
Year of first production 1941
Production years TO 1943

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wholey, T. C.
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • 4 - PIPE RETORT (1941)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, STOPE, ADIT. 3 VERTICAL SHAFTS (2 PARTLY OPEN, NO TIMBER); 3 ADITS, ALL CAVED.

Comments on development

  • 4-PIPE RETORT INSTALLED IN 1941. 14 FLASKS WERE RECOVERED IN 1941 FROM A SMALL OPEN CUT AND STOPE, NOW CAVED. AN ADIT DRIVEN FROM THE RETORT SITE -IS STILL OPEN AND EXTENDS SOUTHWARD ABOUT 160 FT, AND IRREGULA-R WORKINGS CONTAINING A SMALL STOPE EXTEND UP FROM IT TO THE O-PEN CUT. IN ADDITION TO THE REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL U-PIPE RET-ORT, A 2-PIPE RETORT WITH CONDENSING PIPES LEADING TO A REFRIG-ERATOR IS STILL PRESENT ON THE PROPERTY. THE NORTH WORKINGS CO-NSIST OF AN ADIT, STILL OPEN, WITH BRANCHING DRIFTS TOTALLING -ABOUT 430 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 41.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, J., 1943, RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP. FIELD REPORT; UNPUB-ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 29 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H.,.RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984,UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Production

    DAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A. 1944.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANDY HORNFELS OR META-SANDSTONE. CONSIDERABLE FE OXIDE ON DUMPS ALONG WITH FAIR SHOWING OF CU OXIDES ON 3-4 DUMPS-. NO CINNABAR OBSERVED.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1939 BY J.C. WHOLEY. A 4-PIPE RETORT WAS BUILT IN 1941, FROM WHICH 16 FLASKS HG WERE PRODUCED FROM ORE MINED IN A SMALL OPEN CUT AND STOPE. PROPERTY IS ALSO DEVELOPED BY A 160-FT. ADIT, AND OTHER IRREGULAR WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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