The Wilder Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,834 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: 6,834 Feet (2,083 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.49167, -117.07111
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Wilder Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilder Mine
Secondary: Belle Wilder Incline
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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 veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS MADE IN 1915-19 SHOW THAT THE VEIN MATTER CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 100 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON. ONE SAMPLE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT HIGH-GRADE MATERIAL CONTAINED A TRACE OF GOLD, 68.8 OUNCES SILVER, 8.4% LEAD AND 11.2% COPPER. A PIECE ASSAYED IN 1919 CONTAINED .12 OUNCE GOLD AND 419.9 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, 1.8% LEAD, AND 1.2% ZINC, 4.7% COPPER, 13.5% IRON, AND 52.8% SILICA. THIS IS PROBABLY ROUGHLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPORTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS, THOUGH OF MORE THAN AVERAGE RICHNESS.
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Polybasite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000.
Comment (Deposit): THE QUARTZ LENSES VARY IN WIDTH FROM ABOUT AN INCH TO MORE THAN A FOOT.
Comment (Workings): THE INCLINE WAS DRIVEN DOWNWARD 160 FT ON THE HANGING WALL OF A VEIN. A CROSSCUT NORTHEAST FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINZE CUTS 3 VEINS, EACH OF WHICH HAS BEEN DRIFTED ON FOR A SHORT DISTANCE.
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN NW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.
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.
