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Wist Workings

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044316
MRDS ID M231713
Record type Site
Current site name Wist Workings
Alternate or previous names Old West Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.28562, 38.6655 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Relative position 1.8 MILES EAST OF MAHOGANY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 050E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Fissures Are Slightly Argillized

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.28562, 38.6655
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 60 S
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along An East-West, South Dipping Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morey District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Minerals And Chemical Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Titus, John
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF PITS AND SHAFTS.SOUTHERN SHAFT IS 20 FT. DEEP. OTHER SHAFTS ARE INCLINED ALONG THE SHEAR ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURES ARE FILLED WITH BARREN QUARTZ OR COMMONLY WITH MANGANESE-QUARTZ VEINS. MANGANESE COMMONLY OCCURS AS BLACK COATINGS ON SHEAR SURFACES, AND QUARTZ IS VUGGY, FORMING SEAMS TO A FEW INCHES,AND BUNDLES OF SEAMS TO 5 FEET THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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