The Prince of Wales Mine is a copper, silver, lead, and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.92861, -116.11639
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Prince of Wales Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prince of Wales Mine
Secondary: Klondike
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Alpha District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: STRATABOUND
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Areas Of Jasperoid, And Argillie Alteration
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE DURING WW1 FROM SHALLOW WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION DURING W.W.I INCLUDED SOME GOLD, AS WELL AS THE ABOVE.
Comment (Development): SMALL SHIPMENTS FROM SHALLOW WORKINGS WERE MADE DURING WWI.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OREBODIES CONTROLLED BY FAULT ZONES. FAVORABLE HORIZONS, BEDDING PLANES
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): THE OREBODIES ARE CONFINED CHIEFLY TO EASTERN ASSEMBLAGE ROCKS OF ORDOVICION AGE THEN HANSEN CREEK DOLOMITE EUREKA QUARTZITE AND PAGANIP LIMESTONE. BARITE IS COMMON THROUGHOUT THE ROCKS OF THE AREA
References
Reference (Production): R.J., ETAL., (1967)
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.
