The Wheeler Ranch Deposit is a mercury mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,259 feet.
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: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.45972, -119.84639
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Wheeler Ranch Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wheeler Ranch Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Steamboat Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Propylitization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN 1875 BY JOHN POE, PROPERTY EXPLORED BY SOME 260 FEET OF DRIFTS, HAS BEEN WORKED ONLY INTERMITTENTLY WITH SMALL PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR AS VEINLETS ALONG N-TRENDING FAULTS W/DISCONT QUARTZ VEINS. EXPLORATION UNDERWAY IN 1966.
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, GA, WHITE, DE, REGIONAL GEOL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO, USGS PROF PAPER 458-A, 1964
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL MIN RES, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBM&G BULL 70, 1969
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, EH, US GEOL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 41.
Reference (Deposit): 5) HOLMES, GW, JR, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
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.
