Wedekind Mine

The Wedekind Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Washoe 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

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Site Name

Primary: Wedekind Mine
Secondary: Reno Star
Secondary: Dennison Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Wedekind 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Illite
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Workings): THE SO-CALLED VEIN STRIKES NORTHWEST IN ALTERED ANDISITE, THE ORE DOES NOT SHOW AT SURFACE IN ALL PLACES, AND MOST OF THE LEDGES ARE BLIND. THE SOFT ALTERED ROCK IN THE ORE ZONES IS HEAVILY IMPREGNATED WITH GYPSUM. IN GENERAL, THE ORE LOOKS LIKE A FERRUGINOUS CEMENTED CONGLOMERATE. IN THE RICHER ORE LEAD SULFIDES AND CARBONATES CARRY FREE GOLD AND SILVER SULFIDE AND CHLORIDE. IN THE WEDEKIND SHAFT, AT A DEPTH OF 213 FEET, A FLOW OF WARM WATER WITH SULPHURETED HYDROGEN WAS CUT (MORRIS) IN 1930, SOUTHWEST MINES INVESTMENT CO, LEASED THE WEDEKIND AND ARKELL MINES AND CHURN DRILLED THREE HOLES. TWO OF THESE HOLES REPORTEDLY HIT LEAD, ZINC, AND SILVER SULFIDES AT DEPTHS RANGING FROM 210 TO 400 FEET. (BONHAM, P 91) A CROSS-SECTION FILED WITH AN OLD REPORT ON WEDEKIND (F.L. PARMETER, 1947) SHOWS GOOD SILVER VALUES FOR ONE OF THESE HOLES (LABELED CD, HOLE 2) VALUES RANGE FROM 19.6 OZ/AG TO 84.8 OZ/AG BETWEEN 224 FEET AND 317 FEET. NO FOOTAGES ARE GIVEN FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ASSAYS. BLM

Comment (Workings): RECORDS SHOW WEDEKIND MINE TO BE LOCATED ON THE SAFEGARD PATENT, M.S. 1949. CLAIM OVERLAPS ON DITCH ON ITS S.E. CORNER.

References

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.C., HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IN THE VEINS AT WEDEKIND NEV, ENG & MINING J V 76, AUG 22,1903, P 2756.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. & MIN DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T.D., MINERAL RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reference (Deposit): UNSIGNED PLAN MAPS OF WEDEKIND MINE, FROM NBMG FILES, RENO

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.