The Warrior Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,142 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,142 Feet (1,872 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.61528, -117.83139
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Warrior Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warrior Mine
Secondary: Macnamara Group
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3155
Secondary: Gold Coin Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Athens District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Macnamara, Harry
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Swanson, Merle
Home Office: Mina, Nev
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Post-Ore Warrior Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Bleaching And Argillization Of Volcanics
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED $22 PER TON. SAMPLE 3155 OF OXIDIZED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FROM DUMPS OF LARGER SHAFT CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.05 % TI, 10-0 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 15 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE-, 30 PPM CU, 30 PPM PB, 300 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): IT WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1912 BY A PROSPECTOR GRUBSTAKED BY MR. MILLETT, A STOREKEEPER AT MANHATTAN. IT BECAME A MAJOR MINE IN THE DISTRICT WHEN OLYMPIC MINES CO. ACQUIRED IT IN 1921 AND ORGANIZED THE WARRIOR GOLD MINING CO. IT WAS THEN ACQUIRED BY THE ALLADIN-DIVIDE MINING CO. WHICH SANK A NEW SHAFT500 FT WEST OF THE OLD 200-FT SHAFT, TO A DEPTH OF 110 FT. THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED IN 1940. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1946. ACTIVE DRILL RIG JUST SOUTH OF THE MINE WHEN EXAMINED IN 1986.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD-BEARING VEIN-LIKE QUARTZ STRINGERS IN SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. GOOD ACCESS SOUTH OF POLE LINE ROAD
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1940-1976.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 1,300 FT OF DRIFTS, AND A SHORTER SHAFT WITH 200 FT OF WORKINGS. WARRIOR SHAFT AND GOLD COIN SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, FJ AND ZIONY, JI, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): ROBINS, L.R., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WARRIOR AND GOLD COIN WORKINGS OF THE WARRIOR GOLD MINING CO., ATHENS MINING DISTRICT,NYE COUNTY,NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 212, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINES-NEVADA, USDI-BM, PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS, CONTRACT # J0295039.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 21 APR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, P. 761
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 16
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.
