The Silver Wedge Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,057 feet.
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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: 7,057 Feet (2,151 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.4925, -117.06139
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Silver Wedge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Wedge Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxiddation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000
Comment (Deposit): RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SECTION
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEEVADA: NBMG BULL.88.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.
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.
