The Magnolia Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,869 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,869 Feet (1,789 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.48278, -114.77556
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Magnolia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magnolia Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1747
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Delamar (Ferguson) District (Ferguson) 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1892
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Abundant Normal Faults
Type: L
Description: Fault In The Quartzite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSES OF ORE FROM SMELTER RETURNS, 6 SAMPLES SHOWED: 2.86, 1.43, .81, 1.87, 1.2, .88 OZ/TON AU; 27.3, 18.0, 11.3, 17.0, 12.7, 14.2 OZ/TON AG; 0, 0, 1.1, 1.8, 0, 0% PB; 0, 0.3, 0, .25, 0, .2% CU, WET; 82.8, 84.0, 0.0, 82.8, 86.0, 84.7% INSOLUBLE; 3.2, 2.2, 0.0, 2.9, 3.2, 2.5% FE; AND 1.1, 0.9, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, .2% S. SEMIQUANTATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF ONE GRAB SAMPLE OF SULFIDE ORE SHOW TRACES OF AG, CU, BI, AND ZN . SAMPLE 1747 CONTAINS 3 % FE, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 1500 PPM BA, 2000 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 10 000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 1747 CONTAINS 3 % FE, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 1500 PPM BA, 2000 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 10 000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN MATERIAL FOUND ON THE DUMP IS BANDED, WHITE TO VITREOUS (CLEAR), AND COCKSCOMB, SUGARY OR CHALCEDONIC IN TEXTURE. COMB QUARTZ CEMENTS FRAGMENTS IN THE BRECCIA. SOME OXIDIZED PYRITE WAS OBSERVED IN IRON-STAINED VUGS. PYRITIZED DARK GREY FINELY CRYSTALLINE SILICEOUS BRECCIA WAS ALSO NOTED. SOME SILICEOUS OR JASPERY BRECCIA CONTAINED BANDS OF FINELY CRYSTALLINE CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE (UNOXIDIZED). THE SILICEOUS BRECCIAS SHOW FINE, LATE-STAGE QUARTZ VEINLETS. MALACHITE, TETRAHEDRITE, PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE WERE ALSO NOTED IN VEIN MATERIAL. MALACHITE-COATED COMB QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP CONTAINS SPECKS OF VISIBLE GOLD. MONZONITE PORPHYRY AND RHYOLITIC VOLCANIC ROCK WERE FOUND ON DUMP BUT NOT LOCATED IN PLACE.
Comment (Deposit): ADIT FOLLOWS N10W, 60SW QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ-CEMENTED QUARTZITE BRECCIA EXPOSED AT PORTAL. VEIN WIDTH IS 1-1.5 FT. THE QUARTZITE WALLROCK IS FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED BUT HAS SHARP CONTACTS WITH THE VEIN. NEAR THE VEIN, THE QUARTZITE IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINLETS AND ALSO CONTAINS NUMEROUS IRON-STAINED VUGS FILLED WITH PRISMATIC QUARTZ. THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE MAIN VEIN IS COMPOSED OF QUARTZ-CEMENTED QUARTZITE BRECCIA CONTAINING ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF PINK QUARTZITE CEMENTED BY A MIXTURE OF MN OXIDES AND CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ. OUTWARD FROM THE BRECCIA ARE BANDED COMB AND CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ VEINS WHICH ARE GENERALLY VUGGY AND CONTAIN IRON OXIDES AND DARK STREAKS WHICH ARE POSSIBLY FINE MN OXIDES OR DISPERSED SULFIDES. QUARTZ STRINGERS FILL FRACTURES IN THE FOOTWALL QUARTZITE. THESE STRINGERS PARALLEL THE ORIENTATION OF THE MAIN VEIN, WHICH IS EMPLACED ALONG A FAULT, AS EVIDENCED BY BRECCIATION OF HOST ROCK AND CENTRAL VEIN, AND BY THE PRESENCE OF SLICKS ON THE FOOTWALL QUARTZITE. QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON 5 LEVELS. MOST OF THE STOPES ARE INACCESSIBLE, AND MANY OF THE DRIFTS HAVE BEEN PARTLY OR COMPLETELY BLOCKED BY WASTE FILLING. MAP OF WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN CALLAGHAN, 1937. WOODFRAME HOIST HOUSE AND TRESTLE STILL PRESENT IN 1977. IN 1983, THERE WAS ONE OPEN ADIT (N10W), LARGE DUMPS, REMAINS OF ORE CHUTE, AND SCATTERED SMALLER ADITS, CABIN RUINS.. WOODFRAME HOIST HOUSE AND TRESTLE STILL PRESENT IN 1977. IN 1983, THERE WAS ONE OPEN ADIT (N10W), LARGE DUMPS, REMAINS OF ORE CHUTE, AND SCATTERED SMALLER ADITS, CABIN RUINS.
Comment (Geology): ORE IS ALONG A DIKE OR VOLCANIC PLUG OF VOLCANIC BRECCIA WITH NUMEROUS RHYOLITE DIKES. DIKE IS AT LEAST 1100 FEET LONG. AVERAGE WIDTH OF WORKINGS IS 100 FEET. THE ORE BRECCIA CONSISTS OF QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY IGNEOUS MATERIAL, IN LENSES AND POCKETS
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF 470 TONS PRIOR TO 1902 INCLUDED IN CUMMULATIVE PRODUCTION SEEMS SMALL
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADDITIONAL ORE MAY BE FOUND BY FOLLOWING SOME OF THE SEAMS THAT BRANCH FROM THE MAIN ORE SHOOT.
Comment (Location): ON QUARTZITE RIDGE
Comment (Development): SMALL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1920 AND 1921. FIRST ORE WAS MINED AT HIKO. IN 1931, EXPLORATION WAS UNDERTAKEN AT THE MAGNOLIA MINE AND THE J.L. BAIRD AND W. L. AIKEN LEASE PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE ORE IN 1932-1933. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT EVIDENCE OF STAKING AND TRENCHING RECENTLY (WITHIN PAST FEW YEARS) AT MOUTH OF CANYON.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE DELAMAR DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV. NEV BUR MINES V 31 NO. 5 P. 66-68
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73 P. 141
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167, ITEM 1, ART BAKER III, 1964, SCOUTING REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167, ITEM 7, 1977, POTENTIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL REGISTER SITE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1899
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 30, 1983.
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, 1937.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
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.
