The West Side Mines Co Mine is a arsenic, iron, vanadium, lead, silver, gold, and zinc mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Arsenic, Iron, Vanadium, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.33, -118.12833
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West Side Mines Co Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Side Mines Co Mine
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Iron
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Chalk Mountain
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Comments
Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED DEPOSITS CONSISTING OF POROUS IRON-STAINED MATERIAL OCCURING AS VEINS AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F O, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.
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.
