Wildcat Mine

Site Name

Primary: Wildcat Mine
Secondary: Monarch Mines
Secondary: Monarch Group
Secondary: S. S. Claims
Secondary: Warmoth
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1482, 1484, 1485, 2810, 2811, 2812
Secondary: Patente-D Claims Big Hero, Little Hero, Wildcat, Jaybird.

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Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Farrell District (1907); Stonehouse District (1863);Part Of Seven Troughs District

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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.

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Holdings

Not available

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Workings

Not available

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Ownership

Owner Name: Touchstone Resources
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut
Years: 1984 -

Owner Name: Warmoth, G. W.
Years: 1936 -

Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Years: 1936 -

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Discovery Year: 1921
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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Physiography

Not available

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

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Orebody

Form: TABULAR

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Bleaching, Kaolinization

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Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

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

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NBMG SAMPLE 1485 -CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.01 % TI, 20 PPM MN, 7-0 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU-, 70 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 10 PPM V,
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1484 CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.1 -% TI, 20 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 500 PPM BA,- 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB-, 200 PPM SB, 50 PPM W, 30 PPM Y, 70 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: SETTLEMENT ASSAY-0.655 OZ. AU, 4.05 OZ. AG. SAMPLE 1482 CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.5 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 70 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG,200 PPM AS, 50 PPM AU, 50 PPM -B, 500 PPM BA, 2PPM BE, 20 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 7 PPM- NI, 10 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 20 P-PM ZR.
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2810 CONTAINS 2 % FE,-0.05 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.1 % TI,20PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 300 PPM A-S, 20 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 70 PP-M MO, 7 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, -10 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2811 CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.07 % MG, -0.05 % CA, 0.002 % TI, 15 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 150 PPM- BA, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 10 PP-M PB, 100 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN.
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2812 CONTAINS -2 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 20 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG,- 300 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 15 PPM- CU, 5 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 700 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 50 -PPM W, 6 PPM AU. 2811 HAD 1.7 PPM AU, 2810 HAD 0.6 PPM AU (AA

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Materials

Gangue: Quartz

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Comments

Comment (Geology): ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NETWORK OF VEINS & VEINLETS PARALLELING DIKES AND FISSURES IN RHYOLITES. THEY HAVE A GENERAL N-S TREND BUT THE VEIN SYSTEM IS CROSSED BY FAULTS AND CROSS STRINGERS. VEINS CONSIST OF SOFT CRUSHED MATERIAL, ZONES OF BRECCIATION FILLED WITH QUARTZ.

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS AT THE WILDCAT SHAFT (UPPER) EXPOSE N55E, 80 NW SHEAR ZONE WHICH CUTS HIGHLY KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE. RHYOLIT-IC BRECCIAS OUTCROP TO EAST OF MINE AREA. BRECCIAS EXPOSED ON -PEAKS AND RIDGES TO THE EAST RESEMBLE FLOW BRECCIAS RATHER THA-N INTRUSIVE OR HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIAS; ALL ARE, HOWEVER, SILICI-FIED. IN OUTCROP THE BRECCIAS FORM ELONGATE RIDGES PARALLEL TO- SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONES. PODS OF WHITE CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ ARE -SEEN IN SOME BRECCIAS. VEIN MATERIAL AT THE WILDCAT DUMP CONTA-INS DARK BANDS OF FINE-GRAINED SULFIDES AND SOME FREE GOLD, TH-E VEIN BEING COMPOSED OF BRECCIATED CHALLEDONIC QUARTZ CEMENTE-D BY SILICA. SE OF THE WILDCAT SHAFT,AT SAMPLE SITE 1482, OLD -WORKINGS EXPOSE A N30W, 75NE SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERED GRANODIORIT-E WALLROCK LACED WITH RANDOMLY ORIENTED FE-OXIDE STAINED FRACT-URES; ROCK IS KAOLINIZED. FLOW ROCK SEEN AT UPPER WILDCAT SHAF-T OVERLIES THE GRANODIORITE (OR THE RHYOLITE MAY BE PLUGS CUTT-ING GRANODIORITE. SAMPLE 2810 WAS FROM AN ADIT AND DUMP IN THE-

Comment (Deposit): UPPER RHYOLITE BRECCIA. SAMPLE 2811 WAS FROM A DUMP NEAR A SH-AFT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. SAMPLE 2812 WAS FROM AD-ITS COLLARED IN GRANODIORITE, BUT NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE OV-ERLYING RHYOLITE. THIS LAST SAMPLE HAD SOME CHERTIFIED CONTACT-MATERIAL WITH WISPY LENSES OF FREE GOLD IN A MATRIX OF SILVER -SULFIDES, ETC..

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS, ADITS, CUTS, MILL FOUNDATIONS, PROSPECTS SCATTERED OVER SEVERAL SQUARE MILES

Comment (Location): UTM GIVEN IS THAT FOR SAMPLE SITES 1484 AND 2811 AT ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED SHAFT AMID THE MANY WORKINGS SCATTERED O-VER A 500 M RADIUS. GOOD ACCESS BY NEWLY DOZED ROAD.

Comment (Production): ONE SHIPMENT AVERAGED 0.655 OZ AU/TON AND 4.05 OZ AG

Comment (Development): CLAIM NOTICES DATED 1982. IN SEPT 1984, AREA WAS BEING DRILLED BY TOUCHSTONE RESOURCES WITH NEW ROADS AND DRILL PA-DS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. HOMESTAKE MINING CO- HOLDS THE GROUND BUT IS LEASING IT TO TOUCHSTONE OF SALT LAKE- CITY.

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References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 4 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, 1936.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902, P. 13-14

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES 1921, PART 1 METALS; USBM, P. 394-5

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 6 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

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Nevada Gold

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