The Old Whalen Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Old Whalen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Whalen Mine
Secondary: Klondike
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
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: 1909
Discovery Year: 1909
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRATABOUND
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Freibergite
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER-LEAD ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1909 TO 1913
Comment (Geology): THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED IN A WINDOW OF THE ROBERTS MTN THRUST
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER, LEAD ORE WAS PRODUCED DURING THE PERIOD 1909-1913 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OREBODY IN DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONE, IN A WINDOW OF THE ROBERTS MTNS THRUST
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B.OFM. BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): VANDERLEY, W. (1977) KLONDIKE CLAIM GROUP, N.B.OF M. DISTRICT FILE 105, ITEM 1
Reference (Production): ROBERTS,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.
