Wheeler Ranch Prospect

The Wheeler Ranch Prospect is a mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,259 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

Name: Wheeler Ranch Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.45972, -119.84611

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Wheeler Ranch Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wheeler Ranch Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Unnamed District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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

Type: L
Description: Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Mercury
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Gypsum


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLY NO RESERVES

Comment (Production): HOLMES INDICATED A SMALL PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1875 AND 1940

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CAVED

Comment (Deposit): EXPLORATION UNDERWAY IN 1966. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H


References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON AND WHITE, 1964, GEOLOGY OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO., NEVADA: USGS P. P. 458A

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

Reference (Production): BAILEY, E. H., US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.