The Western Soldier Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.79278, -117.70167
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Western Soldier Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Western Soldier Mine
Secondary: Part of the Blairgroup.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865) ; Mineral Ridge 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small Post-Ore Reverse And Normal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST OF THE DRINKWATER MINE. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Production): THE BLAIR GROUP (DRINKWATER, CROWNING GLORY, WESTERN SOLDIER) COMBINED) PRODUCED ABOUT $1,080,000. IN GOLD UP TO 1906.
Comment (Deposit): ZONE OF OVERLAPPING QUARTZ LENSES, EACH UP TO 5 OR 6 FEET THICK
Comment (Geology): ORE WAS CRUSHED BY FAULTING AFTER MINERALIZATION
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E. (1906) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 55.
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., (1976) SILVER PEAK: NO. 8 OF HISTORIC MINING CAMPSOF NEVADA SERIES: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NBEVADA.
Reference (Production): SPURR, J.E., (1906) P. 52, P. 35
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.
