The Webster Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.24917, -114.16778
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Webster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Webster Mine
Secondary: Radio Crystal
Secondary: New Era
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Gold Butte
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ms. A. G. Webster ( 1937 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Production): 150 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 1 OZ. AU/TON TREATED IN MID-THIRTIES.
Comment (Geology): ORE MINERALS IN QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE, DIPPING 75 DEG., AVERAGE WIDTH 18 INCHES. PEGMATITE DIKES ALSO CUT THE GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERGBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO., US BUR. MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 .
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648 , P. 52 - 53 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 185 .
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
