Rustler Claim

The Rustler Claim is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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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: Rustler Claim
Secondary: Willow Creek Mining Co. Claims
Secondary: Silver Camp.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Willow Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Hawkins, W. E.
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: W. E. Hawkins
Years: 1951 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
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: Quinn Canyon Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Limestone Strikes N20e,Dip 85e.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 4.5 AND 13 PPM AU.
Analytical Data: 0.15 % AG
Analytical Data: 0.5% CU
Analytical Data: 500 PPM CD
Analytical Data: 2% PB
Analytical Data: 1% SB
Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM ADIT ASSAYED >1% AS

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ALSO A LENS, 6 FT THICK BY 15 FT LONG OF OXIDE ORE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Comment (Location): IN SAVERSBURG CANYON, JUST SOUTH OF GOLD CANYON.

Comment (Development): THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT; THE GROUP OF 6 CLAIMS WAS PURCHASED BY GEORGE WINGFIELD IN 1913,WHO FORMED THE WILLOW CREEK MINING CO.

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1951 IS LESS THAN $50,000

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 214

Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913,UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT; NBMG FILES, FILE 262, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M.,1916, USGS BULL 648.

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 213

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.