The Water Witch Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Water Witch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Water Witch Mine
Secondary: Little Jewel Mine
Secondary: Gold Circle Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gold Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN A SHEETED ZONE OF SHATTERED RHYOLITE
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST ONE SHAFT SUNK ALONG THE SHEETED ZONE
Comment (Geology): ALONG A PROMINENT PLANE OF MOVEMENT THERE IS FROM 1 - 12" OF RICH GOLD ORE A THREE FT. ZONE OF SHEETED, SHATTERED RHYOLITE IS SAID TO CARRY $20 TO THE TON (EMMONS, 1910)
Comment (Deposit): AT LEAST ONE SHAFT HAS NEEN SUNK ALONG THE SHEETED ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A. E. ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W. H. (1960) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER AND EUREKA CO. NEV. USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): ROTT E. H. (1931) ORE DPEOSITS OF THE GOLD CIRCLE DIST. NEV, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 12
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.
