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Wheeler Ranch Deposit

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043780
MRDS ID M231061
Record type Site
Current site name Wheeler Ranch Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.8474, 39.45961 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603
Relative position ON EVANS CREEK, 7 MI S OF RENO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rose NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 019E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Propylitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.8474, 39.45961
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Fault System
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR AS VEINLETS ALONG N-TRENDING FAULTS W/DISCONT QUARTZ VEINS. EXPLORATION UNDERWAY IN 1966.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steamboat Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN 1875 BY JOHN POE, PROPERTY EXPLORED BY SOME 260 FEET OF DRIFTS, HAS BEEN WORKED ONLY INTERMITTENTLY WITH SMALL PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.