The Wheeler Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.42194, -118.14333
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Wheeler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wheeler Mine
Secondary: Henning
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2563
Secondary: Platero Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Unionville District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2563, DUMP SELECT OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES, CONTAINS 1.5% FE,0.2 % CA, 500 PPM MN, 3000 PPM AG, 0.6 PPM AU, -(BY AA ANALYSIS), 20 PPM B, 200 PPM CD, 3000 PPM CU, 200 PPM M-O, 10 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 7000 PPM SB, 7000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RICHEST ORE FOUND AT OR NEAR THE SURFACE; VALUES DECREASED RAPIDLY WITH DEPTH AS ORE PASSED INTO LEAN PRIMARY SULFIDE ORES. ORE IN FLAT VEIN IN LIMESTONE. IT AVERAGES ABOUT 20 INCHES IN WIDTH. WORKINGS EXPLORE CONTACT BETWEEN KOIPATO RHYOLITE AND PRIDA THIN-BEDDED CARBONACEOUS LIMESTONE. QUARTZ VEINS OCCU-R ALONG BEDDING PLANES OF THE LIMESTONE. VEINS ARE NARROW (1-3-0 CM) AND CONTAIN PYRITE, SPHALERITE, JAMESONITE AND TETRAHEDR-ITE IN PRIMARY ORE. APPARENTLY, ORE MINED IN EARLY DAYS WAS SU-PERGENE-ENRICHED AND CONTAINED ABUNDANT ACANTHITE AS SOOTY COA-TINGS.
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE WORKINGS FROM SEVERAL ADIT LEVELS
Comment (Geology): RICHEST ORE FOUND AT OR NEAR THE SURFACE; VALUES DECREASED RAPIDLY WITH DEPTH AS ORE PASSED INTO LEAN PRIMARY SULFIDE ORES. ORE IN FLAT VEIN IN LIMESTONE. IT AVERAGES ABOUT 20 INCHES IN WIDTH
Comment (Location): JUST NE OF COTTONWOOD MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Production): 17,348 TONS 1921-24 INCLUDED WITH ARIZONA AND OTHER MINES IN THE AREA
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED AND WORKED IN 1870'S.. INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY TO 1970'S; NO ACTIVITY IN 1984, BUT EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF DRILL ROADS FROM 1970'S
References
Reference (Deposit): WHITEHILL, 1875, BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF STATE OF NEVADA FOR YEARS 1873 & 1874; CARSON CITY, NEV., STATE PRINTER
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 26 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL. 50, P 563-634
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902
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.
