| Deposit ID | 10044911 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232544 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wildhorse Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.7632, 40.056 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ragged Top Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)
Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 030N | 029E | 17,18 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -118.7632, 40.056 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1908 |
| Year of first production | 1959 |
| District name | Seven Troughs District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clayton Mendham |
| First year | 1973 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232544 |
RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 414
LITCHFIELD, D.W., 1973, THE WILDHORSE PROPERTY, SEVEN TROUGHS MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING CO., NEVADA: WRITTEN REPORT OCTOBER 31, 1973; UNPUBLISHED
LITCHFIELD, D.W., 1973
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINING ON THE PROPERTY WAS PRINCIPALLY ALONG TWO VEINS. THE VEINS WERE FOUND TO CONVERGE; A CROSS CUT REVEALED SEVEN VEINS CONVERGING ON A SINGLE INTERSECTION POINT, NEAR THE ORIGINAL SHAFT. MINE WAS NEVER WORKED BELOW 75 FEET DUE TO THE WATER LEVEL. WILDHORSE GROUP CONSISTS OF 5 LODE MINING CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY MINED FOR 14 YEARS ON A SMALL SCALE (1959-1973) BY CLAYTON MENDHAM. EARLY PROSPECTING OCCURRED IN WILD HORSE CANYON IN 1908 BUT NO SHIPMENTS MADE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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