Wild Goose Vein

The Wild Goose Vein is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,280 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

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Site Name

Primary: Wild Goose Vein
Secondary: Silver Butte Mine In Part
Secondary: Butte Mine, Nbmg Sample Site 2606

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Spring City District; Paradise Valley District; Mount Rose 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Sericitization Of Rhyolite

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2606 OF WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.005 % TI, 300 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 20 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, AND 6.8 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Materials

Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Location): NW SIDE OF SPRING CITY CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN 1868, ORIGINALLY WORKED BY PARADISE MINING CO., MOST RECENT WORK WITHIN LAST 20 YEARS (1984 REPORT); NO ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Comment (Deposit): WHITE QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWS N-S SHEAR ZONE IN SCHIST. RHYOLITE DIKE CROPS OUT ON RIDGE TO WEST OF VEIN SYSTEM. N20E VEINS DO NOT APPEAR TO CUT OR CROSS THE N70W SHEAR ZONES. MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS ALONG N70W ZONES ARE NOT WELL-MINERALIZED, WHILE N-S VEINS ARE. MINERALIZATION MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH LATER (?) RHYOLITE RATHER THAN WITH MASSIVE (EARLY) WHITE QUARTZ. SILVERY-WHITE ARSENOPYRITE(?) OCCURS IN QUARTZ AS SPRAYS AND CLOTS WITH FINE-GRAINED PYRITE, SOME RUBY SILVER. VEIN IS BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED WITH CLEAR SILICA. PYRITE COATS VUGS IN CEMENTED BRECCIA.

Comment (Geology): THIN SECTION OF DIKE SHOWED IT TO BE AN ALTERED RHYOLITE WITH KAOLIN AND SERICITE EMBAYED QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS, SPHERULITIC TEXTURE, POSSIBLY A TUFF.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADITS STOPES ALONG VEIN; PORTAL OF MOST RECENT ADIT HAS LOCKED RAIL STILL IN PLACE.

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, USBM I. C. 6995, P. 38-39.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, 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.