The Wolverton Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Wolverton Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wolverton Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Wonder
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MI SOUTH OF LANSING PROSPECT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AT CONTACT OF RHYOLITE DIKE CUTTING TRACHYTE
Comment (Deposit): THIS DEPOSIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE RHYOLITE DIKE CUTTING TRACHYTE COUNTRY ROCK. THE TRACHYTE OCCURS IN HEAVY FLOWS THAT DIP GENTLY TO THE NORTHEAST. IT IS FREELY INTRUDED BY DIKES AND SHEETS OF RHYOLITE AND BY DIKES OF APLITE. THE APLITE IN PLACES FORMS VERY SHARP CONTACTS WITH THE TRACHYTE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILE
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.
