The Wylie Green Mine is a gold and tungsten mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.24139, -117.28361
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Wylie Green Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wylie Green Mine
Secondary: Wylie Tungsten Claim
Secondary: Copper King Mine?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop (Gold Mountain) 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1953 WITHIN DIORITE WAS HIGH IN AG, AS, CU, PB, MN, ZN, HG, WITH 2.O PPM AU.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN LAST SEVERAL YEARS (1984)
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN THE TACTITEAREA
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 1984 DUE TO LOCKED DOORS. TWO SURFACE STRUCTURES AND AN ORE BIN.
Comment (Location): SOUTH SLOPE OF GOLD MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, P.59, 71-72, PL.2
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1963, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON WILEY TUNGSTEN CLAIM; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 10.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 4-8-84.
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.
