The Washington Mine is a tungsten, lead, and copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 11,250 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
Elevation: 11,250 Feet (3,429 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.91778, -114.30500
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Washington Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Washington Mine
Secondary: Prospects On Mt. Washington Visited By Usbm
Secondary: Samples #45
Secondary: 47
Secondary: 48
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Mount Washington (Lincoln, Stlawrence, Mt. Wheeler) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1869
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Development): FIRST DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Workings): PITS
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN-ON MT. WASHINGTON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT. 2.
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.
