The Wheeler Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.67778, -119.11417
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Wheeler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wheeler Mine
Secondary: NBMG #4211
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson 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: Tech Resources Of Canada Are Lessors
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1866
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: LENSES, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Fault. Sheared Graniorite Cut By Dikes Of Granite Porphyry And Capped Bt Tertiary Rhyolite.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Vein Material Is A Pyrite-Rich Replacement Ore.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FAULTZONE
Comment (Production): 1873-1878; 6038 TONS ORE PRODUCED: GROSS VALUE$165,911.
Comment (Development): THE BASAL VITROPHERE OF THE RHYOLITE WAS USED AS A MARKER HORIZON BY THE EARLY MINERS AS THE UPWARD LIMIT TO THE MINERALIZATION.THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED BY MR. W.J. CAVANAUGH, PRESENTLY LEASING AND RUNNING A MILLING OPERATION AT THE WILSON MINE. ; ECON.COM: THE MINE HAS BEEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THE DISCOVERY IN 1866. SOME RECENT WORK BY TECH RESOURCES HAS INCLUDED UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES.(6,038 TONS OF ORE WITH A GROSS VALUE OF 165,9111 BETWEEN 1873 AND 1878.
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, STOPES, RAISES, CHUTES
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES OCCUR AS QUARTZ STRINGERS AND LENSES IN A ZONE OF INTENSE CRUSHING AND ALTERATION, ABOUT 200 FT. WIDE, THAT CUTS THE QUARTZ MONZONITE. CRUSHED & ALTERED ZONE IS JUST SOUTH OF THE MAIN FAULT WHERE THE QUARTZ MONZONITE IS ALTERED TO A DARK-GRAY, ALMOST BLACK ROCK. SULFIDES CONSTITUTE THE ORE AND IS 95% PYRITE WITH SOME CHALCOPYRITE. ORE IS RICHEST IN OXIDIZED ZONE NEAR THE SURFACE.
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED SHORTLY AFTER THE WILSON MINE, 1866. FROM 1873 TO 1878 IT PRODUCED 6,038 TONS OF ORE WITH A GROSS VALUE OF $165,911. DEVELOPED BY 3 IRREGULAR TUNNELS AND CONNECTING STOPES, RAISES & CHUTES.THE PYRITE WAS SAID TO BE AN INDICATOR OF GOOD GOLD VALUES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE,J.G.,1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 75. HILL, 1912, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, USGS BULL 507.
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 6/14/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
