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Wheelbarrow Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10042500
MRDS ID M060310
Record type Site
Current site name Wheelbarrow Mine
Alternate or previous names Marietta Mine
Related records 10198622

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1282, 40.856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNEMUCCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 034N 02 NE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF BLACKBIRD MINE IN EUGENE MOUNTAINS. THE DISTRICT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE CENTRAL DISTRICT; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1982 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Hornfels

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1282, 40.856
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip S

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE INTRUSIVE EXPOSED AT PORTAL OF WESTERN ADIT, SOUTH OF ROAD. CONTACT CANNOT BE SEEN IN ROAD CUT OR ON THE HILLSIDE TO THE NORTH. DIORITE MUST BE A DIKE (TINGLEY, UNPUBLISHED MRDS NOTES), FINGERING OUT TO THE NORTH. HORNFELS CROP OUT BOTH EAST AND WEST OF THE VEIN ZONE AND FORMS BOLD OUTCROPS IN CONTRAST TO WEATHERED DIORITE. DUMPS CONTAIN WHITE QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mill City District (Central District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Mettenry, Frank L.
    First year 1987
    Last year 1937
  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Gold, Ltd.
    First year 1987
    Last year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Keil, C. F.
    Home office Winnemucca
    First year 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 8 SHORT ADITS UP TO 250 FEET LONG.

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS - ONE OF THE OLDER PROPERTIES IN THE DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6902.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987: NBMI MI-1988.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 65-66.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 167.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 65-66.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN NARROW QUARTZ VEINS IN RHYOLITE AND SHALE.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH W700439 AND M232616, WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED. NOTE: PREVIOUS MRDS RECORD M232616 REFERRED TO A MARIETTA MINE, BUT MAJOR REFERENCES CALL SITE THE WHEELBARROW MINE, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS CALLED ON 1982 WOODY CANYON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1988 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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