The Warner Mine is a silver, lead, copper, and antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,638 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,638 Feet (2,633 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.135, -117.22194
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Warner Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warner Mine
Secondary: Werner Mine
Secondary: Washington Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Washington 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Rose Warner Of England
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1860
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 21 CLAIMS COVERING 400 ACRES. NEIPOLD WERNER WORKED IT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1910. SOME ORE SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1918-1919. IT WAS PURCHASED BY WARNER MINING AND MILLING CO IN 1922, BUT THE VENTURE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE CLAIMS WERE ABANDONED, AND LATER RELOCATED BY MRS WERNER.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZITE BRECCIA RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT.500 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS, SEVERAL MINOR EXCAVATIONS AND AN AERIAL TRAM 1500 FT LONG.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Production): ONE SMALL SHIPMENT AVERAGING $10/TON
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 594, P.123-124
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 208.
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.
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.
