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Wheeler Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042532
MRDS ID M060354
Record type Site
Current site name Wheeler Mine
Alternate or previous names Henning, NBMG Sample Site 2563, Platero Claims
Related records 10296201

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1443, 40.42183 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 MI. S OF ARIZONA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 034E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NE OF COTTONWOOD MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Argentite Ore
Covellite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2563, DUMP SELECT OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES, CONTAINS 1.5% FE,0.2 % CA, 500 PPM MN, 3000 PPM AG, 0.6 PPM AU, -(BY AA ANALYSIS), 20 PPM B, 200 PPM CD, 3000 PPM CU, 200 PPM M-O, 10 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 7000 PPM SB, 7000 PPM ZN.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Koipato Group
    Rock description Koipato Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1443, 40.42183
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • RICHEST ORE FOUND AT OR NEAR THE SURFACE; VALUES DECREASED RAPIDLY WITH DEPTH AS ORE PASSED INTO LEAN PRIMARY SULFIDE ORES. ORE IN FLAT VEIN IN LIMESTONE. IT AVERAGES ABOUT 20 INCHES IN WIDTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unionville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 17,348 TONS 1921-24 INCLUDED WITH ARIZONA AND OTHER MINES IN THE AREA

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS FROM SEVERAL ADIT LEVELS

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED AND WORKED IN 1870'S.. INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY TO 1970'S; NO ACTIVITY IN 1984, BUT EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF DRILL ROADS FROM 1970'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL. 50, P 563-634

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902

  • Deposit

    WHITEHILL, 1875, BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF STATE OF NEVADA FOR YEARS 1873 & 1874; CARSON CITY, NEV., STATE PRINTER

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 26 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICHEST ORE FOUND AT OR NEAR THE SURFACE; VALUES DECREASED RAPIDLY WITH DEPTH AS ORE PASSED INTO LEAN PRIMARY SULFIDE ORES. ORE IN FLAT VEIN IN LIMESTONE. IT AVERAGES ABOUT 20 INCHES IN WIDTH. WORKINGS EXPLORE CONTACT BETWEEN KOIPATO RHYOLITE AND PRIDA THIN-BEDDED CARBONACEOUS LIMESTONE. QUARTZ VEINS OCCU-R ALONG BEDDING PLANES OF THE LIMESTONE. VEINS ARE NARROW (1-3-0 CM) AND CONTAIN PYRITE, SPHALERITE, JAMESONITE AND TETRAHEDR-ITE IN PRIMARY ORE. APPARENTLY, ORE MINED IN EARLY DAYS WAS SU-PERGENE-ENRICHED AND CONTAINED ABUNDANT ACANTHITE AS SOOTY COA-TINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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