The Willard - Mcdonald Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.74667, -119.54861
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Willard - Mcdonald Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willard - Mcdonald Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 4433 7 # 4434
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Mountain House
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite And Silicified
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): FOUR CAVED ADITS ARE STACKED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AT 50 TO 75 FEET INTERVALS ALONG THE VEIN'S STRIKE.
Comment (Geology): THE ORE IS HIGHLY SILICIFIED WITH DARK-GRAY BRECCIA. IT HAS SULFIDES MOST OF WHICH ARE PYRITE. A VEIN RUNNING CLOSE TO DUE EAST AND DIPPING NORTHWARD CROSSES THE MAIN VEIN SYSTEM BETWEEN THE 3-4 ADITS. THE VEIN IS VUGGY LIMONITE STAINED FOR NEARLY 50 FEET. IT IS EXPOSED BY A PROSPECT.
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE 4434 WAS TAKEN FROM THE EXPOSED CROSS-CUTTING VEIN. SAMPLE 4433 WAS TAKEN FROM THE DUMP AT RANDOM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN $6,500 PRIOR TO 1940
Comment (Production): 6,754 DOLLARS PRIOR TO 1940 PRIMARILY FROM THIS MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNTAIN HOUSE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 7-12-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
