Wylie Green Mine

The Wylie Green Mine is a gold and tungsten mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Wylie Green Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.