The Upper Wheel Barrow Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,610 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,610 Feet (1,710 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.85889, -118.12222
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Upper Wheel Barrow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper Wheel Barrow Mine
Secondary: Excalaber Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2638
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Mill City District; Central 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
Owner Name: Jim Adkins Of Winnemucca Nevada, 9/5/84
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1984
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Of Wallrock Near Vein
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2638 OF BRECCIATED, MILKY QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.015% TI, 100 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 150 PPM CD, 300 PPM CU, 3000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 2000 PPM ZN. AA ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS 2.6 PPM AU.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS, MILKY WHITE, FEOXIDE-STAINED. VEIN CENTERS ARE VUGGY WITH LARGE QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS. LARGEST DUMP HAS GALENA AND SPHALERITE CLOTS IN VEIN FRAGMENTS. NEAR VEIN, WALLROCK IS BLEACHED AND LACED WITH FE OXIDES.
Comment (Workings): OLD ADITS. MAIN WORKINGS ARE IN THE CANYON TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE APPARENT WORKINGS ARE ON THE VEIN OUTCROPS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/21/84
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.
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.
