The Monkey Wrench Wash Diggings is a gold and copper mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.49028, -114.79444
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Monkey Wrench Wash Diggings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monkey Wrench Wash Diggings
Secondary: Monkey Wrench Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Delamar 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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1891
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Broad E-W Anticline Pitchinge.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES IN 1891 RAN AS HIGH AS 4000 OZ/T AG
Materials
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN MONKEY WRENCH WASH; ABOUT A HALF MILE N. OF THE MAGNOLIA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ RUSTY IRREGULARLY REPLACES A N-STRIKING FAULT ZONE AWAY FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH A W-STRIKING ONE, VEIN WAS OPENED IN 1891
Comment (Workings): "A FEW DIGGINS" NONE VERY EXTENSIVE
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, ARTHUR III, 1964, SCOUTING REPORT: NBMG FILE 167, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166; PRESS CLIPPING, 1891.
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, S.F., 1901, AIME TRANS., VOL. XXXI, P. 665
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.
