The Windous is a magnesite mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Magnesite
Lat, Long: 38.92972, -115.14028
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Windous MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Windous
Commodity
Primary: Magnesite
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Currant Creek
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. E. Munson
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE TO WASTE RATIO IS 1:8
Materials
Ore: Magnesite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE MAGNESITE FORMS DENSE WHITE NODULES THAT RANGE IN LENGTH FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL FT WITHIN THE MASS OF ALTERED MATERIAL MAGNESITE OCCURS THROUGH A ZONE 1000 FEET LONG AND UP TO 200 FEET WIDE, WITH NODULES IN THE CENTRAL PART, AND AT THE N & S ENDS A FEW VEINS
Comment (Location): EST
Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION OF THE MAGNESITE, ONLY AN EDUCATED GUESS BY THE USGS, 1943, FOR THE DEWEY LITE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS OF MANY PITS AND TWO TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): VITALIANO, CHARLES J., 1951 MAGNESIUM-MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT NEV. U.S. GEO BULL 978
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C.JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 85
Reference (Production): HOSE, ET.AL., 1976
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.
