The Washiki Group is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Washiki Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Washiki Group
Secondary: Waho Claims
Secondary: Washoke Canyon Mines
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2321
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Washiki 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
Owner Name: Hardgrave, Les
Years: 1984 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1911
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2321 OF LIMONITE-STAINED GRANODIORITE AND GOUGE FROM UNMINED PORTION OF MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 3 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 0.5 % AG, 1000 PPM AS, 300 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 200 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR, AND 3.1 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): WASHOKE CANYON
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ALONG A NW ZONE OF FAULTING AND IRON-STAINING ABOUT 100 M LONG, 0.5-2 M WIDE. IN THIS ZONE, GRANITIC WALLROCK IS BLEACHED, IRON-STAINED AND CUT BY NARROW SHEARS. ZONE CONTAINS RARE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL. WALLROCK OUTSIDE THE ZONE IS UNALTERED OR SLIGHTLY CHLORITIZED. A SINGLE INCLINED SHAFT IS ON A VERY SIMILAR ZONE 200 M UP THE CANYON (NE) FROM THE MAIN WORKINGS. THIS ZONE HAS AN ATTITUDE OF N30W, 75 NE. THE SHALLOW NATURE OF THE ORE SUGGESTS THAT SOME FREE-MILLING GOLD WAS FOUND IN THE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS; A NUMBER OF SHALLOW STOPES TO THE SURFACE AND INCLINED SHAFTS. AT LEAST 2 DRILL HOLES (ANGLE HOLES), FOUNDATION TO AN OLD MILL, VERY SMALL TAILINGS PILE AND DUMPS.
Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED AND SULFIDE ORES WITH SILICEOUS GANGUE WERE FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): WORKED IN 1911. DEVELOPED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT 60 FT. DEEP AND 20 FT. OF DRIFTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 27 JUL 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1911.
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.
