The Ward Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.09722, -117.47472
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Ward Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ward Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ward, Arthur J.
Home Office: Reese River
Years: 1979 -
Owner Name: Buckner, Eddie P.
Home Office: 4280 Harrigan Road,Fallon, Nv,
Info Year: 1979
Owner Name: Johnson, T. W.
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NARROW SEAMS, STRINGERS, VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1951- A 20 FT WIDE ZONE ASSAYED $6.60 PER TON WITH PRICES OF GOLD AT $35/OZ.
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF EIGHT SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Deposit): COMB AND CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ STRINGERS AND VEINLETS FORM A STOCKWORK IN THE FAULT ZONE: MINOR BRECCIA FILLINGS,ALSO
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P.198
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOL. MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MTNS.: NBMG MAP 38
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION,09 AUG,1981
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 198
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.
