Wagner, Wahmonie, Ward, Warm Creek Districts

Publication Info:
Nevada Mining Districts (Compiled Reports)
The Districts Described in This Section are from the following publications:

Mining Districts of Nevada - Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 47 (updated 1998); Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada - USGS Bulletin 1356 (1973)

Table of Contents

Wagner District

Overview

County: Nye

Discovered: 1903

Commodities: copper, gold

Comments

Located in section 24, T6S, R43E and section 19, T6S, R44E.

References

The Goldfield News, Oct. 3, 1906; Lotz, 1934, p. 22; Tingley and others, 1997, p. 7-104

Wahmonie District

Overview

County: Nye

Commodities: silver, gold

Comments

The Wahmonie district is on the southern slopes of Lookout Peak and extends south to the northern slope of Skull Mountain. The Hornsilver Mine was worked prior to 1905, but the Wahmonie name dates from 1928 when new discoveries were made. Activity in the district ceased by 1936.

References

Stoddard, 1932, p. 73; Hewett and others, 1936, p. 71; Gianella, 1945, p. 145; Kral, 1951, p. 206

Ward District

Overview

Other Names: Lake, Ward & Lake, Taylor

County: White Pine

Discovered: 1872

Organized: 1872

Commodities: silver, lead, zinc, copper, gold

Comments

The Ward district is in the Egan Range, about 11 miles south of Ely. The district occupies most of the southern end of Ward Mountain. Hill (1912) used Taylor as an alternate name for Ward, and may have combined Ward with the Taylor district, across valley to the east.

References

Whitehill, 1873, p. 114; Whitehill, 1875, p. 75; Whitehill, 1877, p. 167; Angel, 1881, p. 664; Menardi, 1908; Hill, 1912, p. 228; Lincoln, 1923, p. 256; Hose and others, 1976, p. 79

Warm Creek District

Overview

County: Elko

Discovered: 1912

Commodities: zinc, lead, copper, silver, gold

Comments

This district includes the southeast slopes of Warm Creek Ridge at the south end of the East Humboldt Range, south of Warm Spring Creek and west of Clover Valley. The Polar Star is the main mine. The district is sometimes included in the larger Ruby Valley district.

References

Hill, 1916, p. 54; Lincoln, 1923, p. 59; Stoddard, 1932, p. 35; Gianella, 1945, p. 49; Granger and others, 1957, p. 168; Smith, 1976, p. 146; Wong, 1982, table 1; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 221

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