Mount Wheeler

The Mount Wheeler is a tungsten, lead, silver, and copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Mount Wheeler
Secondary: Pole Adit Mine
Secondary: Pole Canyon Mine Some Descriptions Combine It With the Nearby St.
Secondary: Lawrence Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Beryllium

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Mount Washington (Lincoln)

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953-1954
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avgs Less Than 0.5 Percent Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1947
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO PINCH AND SWELL

Form: TABULAR TO PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: 3 Sets Of Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: WITH MINOR CU, LI, Y.
Analytical Data: 0.2-0.4 OZ/T AG
Analytical Data: 0.01-0.03 % W
Analytical Data: AVERAGE BED CONTENT IS 1%, WO3 TRACE TO 25% AVERAGES LESS THAN .5%SAMPLES IN 1981 ASSAYED 0.2-0.24 % BE

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): 8162 FT ADIT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN FINDING LEAD-ZINC ORE BUT DID DISCOVER A LARGE BERYLLIUM DEPOSIT ALSO SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS, OVERHAND STOPE

Comment (Location): EST MINE CONSISTS OF OVER 100 CLAIMS IN POLE CANYON.

Comment (Development): TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED IN 1950 AND EXPLORATION BEGAN IN 1952 CONTINUING THROUGH 1955 WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN 1953-1954. THIS WORK LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF A LARGE BERYLLIUM DEPOSIT IN 1959. BE EXPLORATION CONTINUED THROUGH 1962 BY ANACONDA CO AND SOME ORE WAS STOCKPILED BUT NO SAVE OF BERYLLIUM ORE WAS REPORTED. AREA WAS FIRST EXPLORED FOR PB-AG IN 1870'S, AND ALSO IN 1911, 1939, 1948-49.

Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOTS EXTEND EASTWARD ALONG BEDDING AND ARE UP TO 20 FT WIDE, 20 FT HIGH, AND 1500 FT LONG. FAULTS ARE OCCUPIED BY QUARTZ VEINLETS UP TO 5 FT WIDE (PT OF ST LAWRENCE VEIN)

Comment (Geology): W-BE DEPOSIT LOCALIZED IN THE LOWER 15 FEET OF THE FORMATION. ORE SHOOTS ARE UP TO 10 FEET WIDE AND 15-20 FEET HIGH; ONE SHOOT EXPLORED FOR 1500 FEET

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1940'S

References

Reference (Deposit): LEE,D.E. AND ERD, R.C., 1963, PHENAKITE FROM THE MT WHEELER AREA, NEV.; AM. MIN., VOL. 48, P. 189-193.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., 1960, USGS PP 400-B, P. B70-B71.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 341, ITEM 3 (MISFILED)

Reference (Deposit): WHITEBREAD, D.H.AND LEE, D.E., 1967, USGS PP 424-C, P. C120-C122.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P.45. 11.) USBM, 1983,OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83. 12.) LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA. 13.) LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, USGS MAP MR-25.

Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984);STAGER, H.K., IN PREP.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 331, ITEM2, USBM DATA, 1963

Reference (Deposit): LEE, D.E.,&BASTRON, H., 1962, ALLANITE FROM THE MT.WHEELER AREA, NEV.; AM. MIN., VOL 47, P. 1327-1331.

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.