The Wabash Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.34778, -118.12389
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Wabash Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wabash Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mn Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST EDGE OF SPRING VALLEY
Comment (Production): IN 1938; CONTAINED 10 OZ AU, 6774 OZ AG, 651 LB CU & 9514 LB PB
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE SHOOTS DID NOT EXCEED 30-40 FT IN LENGTH OR 5 FT IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT AND AN ADIT.
Comment (Geology): THE ORE SHOOTS DID NOT EXCEED 30 OR 40 FEET IN LENGTH OR MORE THAN 5 FEET IN WIDTH
Comment (Deposit): WABASH MINE WAS WORKED DURING 1935-38. EARLY HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT IS UNKNOWN. WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT AND AN ADIT, DEPTH OF MINING ABOUT 50 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 1977
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.
