Warrior Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044148
MRDS ID M231506
Record type Site
Current site name Warrior Mine
Alternate or previous names Macnamara Group, NBMG Sample Site 3155, Gold Coin Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.83233, 38.6152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1872
Relative position 4.0 MILES NE OF SIMON TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 037E 2829 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. GOOD ACCESS SOUTH OF POLE LINE ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Bleaching And Argillization Of Volcanics

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED $22 PER TON. SAMPLE 3155 OF OXIDIZED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FROM DUMPS OF LARGER SHAFT CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.05 % TI, 10-0 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 15 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE-, 30 PPM CU, 30 PPM PB, 300 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.83233, 38.6152

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Post-Ore Warrior Fault.

Ore body information

  • Strike N-W
    Dip 36-54 SW
    Thickness 1.68M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Shear Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Discoverer Mr. Millett Of Manhattan
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Athens District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Macnamara, Harry
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Swanson, Merle
    Home office Mina, Nev
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1940-1976.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 1,300 FT OF DRIFTS, AND A SHORTER SHAFT WITH 200 FT OF WORKINGS. WARRIOR SHAFT AND GOLD COIN SHAFT

Comments on development

  • IT WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1912 BY A PROSPECTOR GRUBSTAKED BY MR. MILLETT, A STOREKEEPER AT MANHATTAN. IT BECAME A MAJOR MINE IN THE DISTRICT WHEN OLYMPIC MINES CO. ACQUIRED IT IN 1921 AND ORGANIZED THE WARRIOR GOLD MINING CO. IT WAS THEN ACQUIRED BY THE ALLADIN-DIVIDE MINING CO. WHICH SANK A NEW SHAFT500 FT WEST OF THE OLD 200-FT SHAFT, TO A DEPTH OF 110 FT. THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED IN 1940. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1946. ACTIVE DRILL RIG JUST SOUTH OF THE MINE WHEN EXAMINED IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 16

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, FJ AND ZIONY, JI, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    ROBINS, L.R., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WARRIOR AND GOLD COIN WORKINGS OF THE WARRIOR GOLD MINING CO., ATHENS MINING DISTRICT,NYE COUNTY,NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 212, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINES-NEVADA, USDI-BM, PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS, CONTRACT # J0295039.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 21 APR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Production

    KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, P. 761

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING VEIN-LIKE QUARTZ STRINGERS IN SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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