The Wilson-Independence Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.52556, -117.14500
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Wilson-Independence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilson-Independence Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
Owner Name: Independence Gold-Silver Mines Inc.
Company ID: 2600826
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1988
Owner Name: Apco Independence Mining Co.
Company ID: 2600826
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Silver King Industries; Apco Oil
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1938-1956
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^50-55 Oz/Ton Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1938
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Golconda Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: N-S-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Leaching (Enrichment Of Au And Ag)
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MO RANGES LESS THAN 5 TO 20 PPM.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF RIDGE WEST OF COPPER CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE OF ORE ABOUT $44,000, CHIEFLY FROM AU AND AG
Comment (Development): MAIN PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1938-1943. RECENT EXPLORATION HAS BEEN BY APCO OIL CO.
Comment (Deposit): ORE CONSISTS OF LOOSELY COHERENT LIMONITIZED MATERIAL CONTAINING QUARTZ CRYSTALS AND CHERT FRAGMENTS FILLING SHEAR ZONES AND CAVES. ORE BODIES WERE ORIGINALLY MASSIVE SULPHIDES (PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, WHICH WERE LEACHED DURING OXIDATION, LEAVING POROUS MASSES OF OXIDE MATERIAL S.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINES ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I - NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 86.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965; USGS Professional Paper 459-B, p. 52.
Reference (Deposit): THEODORE, T.G., BLAKE, D.W., AND KRETSCHMER, E.L., 1978; NBMG REPOR T 32, P.45-48.
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.
