The Windy Hill Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,676 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,676 Feet (1,730 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.62083, -118.95889
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Windy Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Windy Hill Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2933
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Staggs District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Wescord Exploration Ii
Home Office: 940 Matley Lane, Reno Nv
Years: 1985 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2933 OF DIKE AND VEIN MATERIAL FROM THE SHEAR ZONES CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 7 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 1500 PPM MN, 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 15 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 5 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 100 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 10 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, AND 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FOLLOW E-W AND NE SHEARS WITH FELSIC DIKES AND QUARTZ VEINS IN A DARK GRAY GRANODIORITE. ALSO NEARBY IS A THIN VENEER OF OLDER SEDIMENTS. ONE OF THE E-W ADITS WAS DRIVEN USING MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER WORKINGS LOOK OLD AND MANY ARE CAVED. THE NEWER ADIT WAS DRIVEN UNDER THE OPEN PIT. THE MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY GOLD, ALTHOUGH SOME MINOR AMOUNTS OF SILVER MAY BE RELATED TO THE UNIDENTIFIED SULFIDES.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LARGE BUT CAVED ADITS; ONE VERY LARGE OPEN PIT THAT CONSUMED SOME EARLIER WORKINGS.
Comment (Development): WORKINGS 30 OR MORE YEARS OLD, WITH RECENT STAKING BY WESCORD.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 6 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.
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.
