Wide Awake Mine

The Wide Awake Mine is a manganese, lead, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wide Awake Mine
Secondary: Stindt and Donohue Lease
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 799
Secondary: Harney Group.

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District District

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: Iron Triangle Mines
Home Office: David I. Witts, President, 5353 1st International Bldg., Dallas, Tx. 75270
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Highland Thrust Plate, Major Nw Normal Faults . Several Periods Of Tectonic Activity Evident. . Several Periods Of Tectonic Activity Evident.

Type: L
Description: Normal Fault, Thrust Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Epithermal; Silicification

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 14, 3.05, 14.40% FE
Analytical Data: 11.55, 57.15, 10.70% PB
Analytical Data: .18, .30, 0.0% CU
Analytical Data: 72.8, 151.4, 24.1 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: SMELTER RETURNS ON ORE FROM THE WIDE AWAKE MINE: (VALUES FOR 3 SHIPMENTS) .045, .13, .34 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: .35, 4.5, .55% S. SAMPLE 799 CONTAINS 15 % FE, 2000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 1000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CD, 1000 PPM CU, 7000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB, 10000 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 799 CONTAINS 15 % FE, 2000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 1000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CD, 1000 PPM CU, 7000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB, 10000 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: 4.15, 0.0, 0.0% ZN
Analytical Data: 39.8, 15.4, 58.1% SI

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1937 (MAIN ORE SHOOT)

Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN A MINERALIZED THRUST BRECCIA, OF UP TO 1.5 FEET OF ARGENTIFEROUS PB CARBONATE IN A QUARTZ GANGUE

Comment (Deposit): ORE ON DUMP CONSISTS OF EUHEDRAL TO SUBHEDRAL PYRITE CRYSTALS AND GRAINS DISSEMINATED IN MASSIVE TO SACCHROIDAL QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ALONG WITH MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND COPPER OXIDES STAINING SHEARED MATERIAL. QUARTZITE ON DUMPS ALSO CARRIES VERY FINE-GRAINED DISSEMINATED SULFIDES, AS DOES A GREEN PHYLLITIC SHALE UNIT FOUND ON DUMP. WELL-FORMED CRYSTALS OF JAROSITE COAT FRACTURE SURFACES AND SERICITE IS ABUNDANT. MINOR GOSSAN WAS NOTED. QUARTZITE BRECCIA IS CEMENTED WITH OPALINE SILICA AND IS STAINED WITH FE AND MN OXIDES. LATE STAGE SILICA COATS EXPOSED SURFACES. MAPS SHOW A SERIES OF PARALLEL N10-30W FAULTS HERE. THIS IS INDIRECTLY CONFIRMED BY FAULTING UPSLOPE FROM THE WORKINGS. LOCALLY THE SEDIMENTS HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY SILICIFIED.

Comment (Workings): COVERED HEADFRAME WITH HOUSING, PROBABLY 1000 FT OR MORE OF WORKINGS, PERIPHERAL PROSPECT PITS AND CUTS. THE WIDE AWAKE SHAFT (INCLINED 81NW) FROM WHICH 5 LEVELS HAVE BEEN RUN,THE BOTTOM 500 LEVEL (AT 402 FT DEEP), AND BELOW THIS LEVEL A 196-FT WINZE WAS SUNK AT A POINT ABOUT UNDER THE DUPONT SHAFT. FROM THE BOTTOM OF THIS WINZE A DRIFT WAS BEING RUN IN THE LATE 1920'S, N TO CUT THE YUBA DIKE.

Comment (Production): THE 2000 TONS OF AG PB ORE SHIPPED IN 1919 WAS VALUED AT $120,000. THE 15,000 TONS SHIPPED IN 1937-1944 HAD A NET VALUE OF $415,500. PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE THE NEARBY VOLCANO MINE WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN A SEPARATE RECORD. PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE THE NEARBY VOLCANO MINE WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN A SEPARATE RECORD.

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983. MAIN OUTPUT WAS UNDER STINDT AND DONAHUE LEASE. LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT PB-AG MINE IN 1981, EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS.

References

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1221 (HARNEY GROUP).

Reference (Deposit): STATE MINE INSPECTOR, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981.

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF PAPER 171 P.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P.85-89

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 22, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-136

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 469

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.