The Arrowhead Wonder Mines Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.08611, -116.16639
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Arrowhead Wonder Mines Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrowhead Wonder Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Arrowhead District; Needles 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: E-W Fault, Nw-Striking Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Propylitization
Rocks
Name: Pumice
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Pumice
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE OF ARROWHEAD MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): INCORPORATED IN 1920; 7 CLAIMS NE OF THE ARROWHEAD MINES; NO ACTIVITY IN 1985.
Comment (Deposit): 2 QUARTZ VEINS, ONE OF WHICH YIELDED ORE VALUED AT $110/TON AT A 25-FT. DEPTH. VEINS BELIEVED TO BE EXTENSIONS OF THOSE ON ARROWHEAD MINE GROUND
Comment (Workings): SMALL SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-806
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV; NBMG BULL. IN PRESS.; NBMG BULL 99B, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD NOTES.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1921, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIV.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV
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.
