The Wilson Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,640 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: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.68, -119.12111
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Wilson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilson Mine
Secondary: NBMG #4213 and NBMG #4214
Secondary: Telluride Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson - Pine Grove
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wilson
Owner Name: Mr. J. W. Cavanaugh
Home Office: Wellington
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1866
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Pyrite Looks Like Replacement Bodies, Always Dark, Commonly Crushed And Said To Have Occurred As Lenses And Stringers.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS ADITS, PITS AND SHAFT. ABOUT 3 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, MANY INTERCONNECTED FROM 5 SHAFTS AND A HALF DOZEN ADITS, SOME NEW DOZING AND TRENCHINGS ARE BEING DONE.
Comment (Geology): DARK SHEARED GRANODIORITE CUT BY DIKES OF GRANITE PORPHYRY. CAPPING RHYOLITE.
Comment (Development): RECENTLY, MR. J.W. CAVANAUGH INSTALLED A SMALL PILOT HEAP LEACH TO TREAT DUMPS OF OXIDES AND SULFIDE ORES. ; ECON.COM: $220,368 WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1899. THIS AMOUNT WAS YIELDED FROM 7,623 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): ACCORDING TO MR. CAVANAUGH, THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT PHASES OF GRANITE WITH THE MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE DARKER DIORITIC PHASE, ALONG SHEARS AND WITH THE BEST ORE IN CONJUNCTION PYRITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, WILSON MINING DISTRICT, LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 06-30-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
Reference (Production): GROSS VALUE OF 220,368 DOLLARS
Reference (Deposit): MOORE,J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF DOUGLAS, LYON, ORMSBY, CO., NEV.,NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .
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.
