Wheeler Mine

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

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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.