Ward

Site Name

Primary: Ward
Secondary: Ward Mountain Mine
Secondary: Caroline
Secondary: Good Luck
Secondary: Ward Mine
Secondary: Silver King
Secondary: Ward/Taylor Project
Secondary: Ward Mountain

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Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Molybdenum

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Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Ward

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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.

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Holdings

Type: Patented

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Alta Gold Co.
Company ID: 2600576
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Silver King Mines, Inc.
Company ID: 2600576
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1989

Owner Name: Phillips Petroleum Co.
Company ID: 2600576
Percent: 3.00
Home Office: Oklahoma
Info Year: 1988

Owner Name: Gulf Oil Corp.
Company ID: 2600576
Percent: 3.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1988

Owner Name: Pacific Silver
Company ID: 2600576
Percent: 47.00
Home Office: Hawaii
Info Year: 1988

Owner Name: Silver King Mines Inc.
Company ID: 2600576
Percent: 47.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1988

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Production

Year: 1991
Description: Cadmium 58708 Lbs
Year: 1991
Description: Silver 58277 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Copper 810884 Lbs
Year: 1991
Description: Lead 525411 Lbs
Year: 1991
Description: Zinc 10229783 Lbs

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1989
Discovery Year: 1968
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb

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Orebody

Form: irregular to elliptical tube

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Structure

Type: R
Structure: Basin-and-Range type faults.

Type: R
Structure: plunging antiform which was later faulted by N-NW-trending high angle norma

Type: L
Structure: -striking cross-cutting faults as well.

Type: R
Structure: Paleozoic rocks in the mine area have been folded into a SE-

Type: L
Structure: NW-trending faults are the dominant local structures, with a set of E-W

Type: R
Structure: normal and reverse faults, and later by prominent NNW-striking Basin-and-Ra

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Description: porphyritic
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 34.000000+-
Age Young: Late Eocene

Name: Porphyry
Role: Associated
Description: quartz monzonite
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 34.000000+-
Age Young: Late Eocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Description: metamorphosed
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Description: metamorphosed
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Mississippian

Name: Skarn (Tactite)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Hedenbergite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Thulite
Unknown: Molybdenite

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Comments

Comment (Workings): The original mines were developed by underground workings with later surface workings.

Comment (Development): One source reports discoveries of silver-lead ore at Ward about 1866, but another reports that in March of 1872, freighters William Ballinger and John Henry were searching for oxen in the Willow Creek area, and discovered silver ore in Ward Gulch. They collected ore samples which were assayed at Cherry Creek. The ore proved favorable; they returned to Willow Creek with other prospectors and staked claims. In 1873, the claims were sold to Judge Frizell. The townsite of Ward was established and named after one of the claim locators, B. F. Ward. In 1875, the claims were evaluated by mining experts, which resulted in the sale of the Paymaster Mine to the Martin White investment company of San Francisco. This combination of confirmed mineral values and funds for their extraction started the boom period at Ward, which lasted from 1876 until 1882. The Ward charcoal ovens were constructed at this time and the population soared to about 6000 inhabitants. In 1877, six companies were developing 17 mines, but the Caroline group of claims held by Martin White was virtually the only producer. A new mill was bult in 1878 and operated until the mines shut down in 1883. The lower Paymaster Tunnel was collared in 1879 and driven 960 m in an unsuccessful attempt to intersect the downward projection of the rich orebodies.In 1883 a large fire destroyed about one-third of the buildings in Ward, and many of the other buildings were removed to Taylor. The town was abandoned by the late 1880s, but the Paymaster tunel was again reopened and explored in 1906. There was sporadic mineral production from the Ward mines in 1890, 1907, 1908-1909, 1911, 1917, and from 1934-1942, much of the ore being from reprocessing of mine dump material. Several compnies explored the district in the 1940s and 1950s at which time drilling from the Mountain Pride and lower Defiance drifts identified an ore zone too small to mine. Silver King Mining Company acquired the Ward Mine property in 1962 and by 1967 had produced 63,400 metric tones of low-grade ore. Encouraging results from several diffrrent geophysical surveys in the mine area caused Phiips Petroleum Co., in a joint venture with Silver King, to initiate an extensive drilling program which identified additional mineralization in new formations in the mine area. The Paymaster Adit was again reopened and lengthened to 1828 m. but still failed to develop a mineable tonnage of ore. Drilling had encountered a granitic stock at depth, which spurred porphyry copper exploration interest in the district, and more drillinjg was conducted No porphyry copper deposit was found, but more than half of the drill holes encountered significant skarn-hosted sulfide mineralization. Phillips drpped their portionj of the joint enture in 1976, but Gulf Minerals entered a joint venture with Slver King and drilled more hole s and did metallurgical tests to try to work out the difficult metal extraction, but in 1982 Gulf sold out its interest back to Silver King, who proceeded to sink two exploratory declines, drifts and more drilling to define ore zones. This work defined reserves of 1.2 million metric tons of ore grading 68 g/t silver, 1.5 % lead, 6.5 % zinc,and 0.7% copper. Ore was mined in the early 1990s and was processed at the Taylor mill across the valley to the east. Alta Gold acquired the property about 1989, but Alta Gold later went bankrupt, and its assets were sold.

Comment (Location): The original claims were located in Ward Gulch on Willow Creek.

Comment (Geology): There is a distinct alteration zonation pattern spatially related to temperature variations caused by the cooling of the intrusive rocks, and related to the composition of the stratigraphic horizons intruded by the pluton. Within the Guilmette Formation limestone, skarn zonation grades from nearly pure andradite garnet adjacent to the stock, outward to a garnet-Fe-Mg pyroxene-magnetite zone outward to relatively pure marble. Six stages of alteration/mineralization associated with the stock emplacement have been recognized: 1) contact metamorphism. 2) magnesium metasomatism, 3) anhydrous metasomatism. 4) hydrous metasomatism 5) sulfide introduction and 6) massive silica replacement.

Comment (Economic Factors): The mine produced sporadically from 1875 to 1991 with the most recent production from 1989 through 1991 of 20,920,000 lbs Zn, 1,058,000 lbs Cu, 1,835,000 lbs Pb, 100,604 oz Ag, and 75,343 lbs Cd. Total production is estimated at more than 182 kilotonnes ore containing >.05 tonnes gold, 28 tonnes silver, 1 kilotonne copper, 7.9 kilotonnes lead, and 14.7 kilotonnes zinc. In 1991, Alta Gold reported a resource of 1381 kilotonnes ore containing 97.5 tonnes silver, 14.8 kilotonnes copper, 12 kilotonnes lead, and 86.5 kilotonnes zinc. The total recorded value of mineral production at Ward from 1872 to 1890 was about $960,000. Through 1967, almost $2.5 million had been produced from the Ward Mining District. A million dollars worth of silver was reportedly taken from a single stope of the Ward Mine in the early years of production. In 1990, development work defined reserves of 1.2 million metric tons of ore grading 68 g/t silver, 1.5 % lead, 6.5 % zinc,and 0.7% copper. In 1998 the deposit was reported to contain proven reserves of 246,178 tonnes of ore grading 9.0869% Zn, 1.0062% Cu, 0.905% Pb, and 2.305 ounces per ton silver.

Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: pyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, garnet, Mg-Fe pyroxene, wolastonite, idocrase, clinozoisite, epidote, chlorite, calcite, gypsum, barite

Comment (Deposit): The Ward Mine deposit is a polymetallic Cu, Au, Ag and Pb-Zn skarn deposit. Four distinct orebodies have been identified: the Bootlegger, Wildcat, Zinc Tube, and Goodluck ore zones. Although the mineralized rock within these zones occurs as somewhat irregular replacements, they are roughly aligned along a N60W trend and are generally laterally continuous except fro te Bootlegger zone. Paleozoic limestones and shales in the mine area have been intruded by a 34 Ma porphyritic quartz monzonite stock and associated NW-trending dike swarm. Metal zonation within the skarn is also controlled by a combination of proximity to the stock and lithology of the protolith. Six stages of alteration/mineralization associated with the stock emplacement have been recognized: 1) contact metamorphism. 2) magnesium metasomatism, 3) anhydrous metasomatism. 4) hydrous metasomatism 5) sulfide introduction and 6) massive silica replacement.

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: plumbojarosite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite

Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry:

Comment (Geology): Proximity to the granitic intrusive as well as host rock lithology and NW-trending structures all exhibit varying degrees of control over ore formation at the Ward Mine deposits.

Comment (Exploration): EXPLORATION HISTORY DESCRIBES DEEP SULFIDE DEPOSITS ONLY.

Comment (Geology): CHAINMAN SHALE - THE CHAINMAN SHALE LIES AT THE BASE OF THE OXIDE ORE THAT WAS MINED IN EARLIER YEARS. L-REC 3, LINE 04 - UNSPECIFIED METAMORPHIC IS JASPEROID. SHAPE OF OREBODIES IS MANTO-SHAPE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1995 DATA: ESTIMATED PROCESS RECOVERY RATES: SILVER-80%; COPPER-70%; ZINC-93%; LEAD-70%. OPERATIONS CEASED IN 1991. ALTA GOLD CURRENTLY HAS NO PLANS FOR DEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX 1, COL 1 REPRESENTS TONNAGE AND GRADE OF THE WARD MINING DISTRICT AS STATED TO THE EVALUATOR BY SILVER KING MINES, INC., DURING A VISIT TO THE WARD PROPERTY IN MARCH 1979. THE INDICATED RESOURCE IS BASED ON SURFACE DRILLING USING 500 FOOT (152 METER) CENTERS AND UNDERGROUND DRILLING. THE 10 PERCENT PROBABILITY ESTIMATE IS BASED ON GEOPHYSICAL INDICATIONS OF THE EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION AND THE FACT THAT DRILL HOLES TO DATE (WITH DRILLING STILL IN PROGRESS IN 1981) HAVE NOT FOUND THE LATERAL LIMITS OF AG-CU-ZN-PB MINERALIZATION. MATRIX 1, COL 2 REPRESENTS MEASURED ORE MATRIX 1, COL 2 REPRESENTS RESOURCES BLOCKED OUT IN THE GOOD LUCK AREA BY UNDERGROUND LONG-HOLE DRILLING.

Comment (Economic Factors): THREE YEARS OF EXPLORATION FROM 1978 THROUGH 1980 HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED LEAVING ONE YEAR OF EXPLORATION AND TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR MINE AND MILL PLANT CONSTRUCTION REMAINING.

Comment (Workings): WATER FOR MILL WOULD BE FROM WELLS DRILLED IN STEPTOE VALLEY PUMPING DISTANCE LESS THAN TWO MILES. ELECTRICITY WOULD HAVE TO BE EXTENDED THREE MILES TO THE MINE/MILL SITE. SERVICING POWER COMPANY IS MOUNT WHEELER POWER CO. WATER IS SUPPLIED FROM THE MINE AT 30 GPM ELECTRICAL POWER COST IS 5.75 CENTS/KWH-CURRENT COST IS $12,000/MO

Comment (Ownership): IN EARLY 1978 GULF OIL CORP. PURCHASED A 51 PERCENT INTEREST IN THE 13,000 ACRE WARD PROPERTY OWNED BY SILVER KING. GULF AGREED TO EXPENT $10.5 MILLION OVER A 7-YEAR PERIOD IN EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OR PAY $5 MILLION IN CASH DIRECTLY TO SILVER KING MINES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER TO RETAIN THE 51 PERCENT INTEREST. GULF OIL IS REQUIRED TO EXPEND A SET AMOUNT EACH YEAR IN A PROGRESSIVE SCALE RANGING FROM $340,000 THE FIRST YEAR TO $3 MILLION THE SEVENTH YEAR. IF THE WARD MTN PROPERTY IS PUT INTO PRODUCTION, GULF OIL WOULD BECOME THE OPERATOR, WITH SILVER KING MINES EITHER PARTICIPATING UNDER A 51-49 PERCENT JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT, OR SILVER KING ACCEPTING A 16.5 PERCENT CARRIED NET PROFITS INTEREST.

Comment (Production): YIELD PERCENT RECOVERY FOR GIVEN COMMODITIES IS PERCENT OVERALL RECOVERY FROM MILL FEED TO MILL PRODUCT, NOT AS INDIVIDUAL CIRCUIT RECOVERIES.

Comment (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA. 1916. U.S. GEOL. SURVEY BULL. 648, PP 180-186. GAGE, H.L. SOME FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CONCENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUSTRY/VIII. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA: BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN., PP 662-666.

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References

Reference (Deposit): 490. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). SILVER KING'S WARD MINE NEAR ELY GEARING FOR PRODUCTION. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 6, NO. 4, 1982, P. 15.

Reference (Deposit): 203. GAGE, H. L. SOME FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CONCENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUSTRY. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, PORTLAND, OREGON 1941, PP. 662-666.

Reference (Deposit): Hasler, R. W.; Wilson, W. R.; Darnton, B. T., 1990, Geology and ore deposits of the Ward Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada ; in Geology and ore deposits of the Great Basin, Reno, NV, United States, Apr. 1-5, 1990, conference proceedings.

Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA. NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO. RENO, NEVADA, 1923, PP. 256, 257.

Reference (Deposit): 188. EVERETT, F. D. RECONNAISSANCE OF TELLURIUM RESOURCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH - INCLUDING SELECTED DATA FROM OTHER WESTERN STATES AND MEXICO. BUMINES RI 6350, 1964, PP. 15, 20-21.

Reference (Deposit): 636. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): 166. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN MINING: SILVER KING WILL PLACE WARD PROPERTY INTO PRODUCTION IN 1985. V. 183, NO. 7, 1982, P. 49.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M. NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 648, PP. 180-186.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING. 1978 ANNUAL REVIEW. NEVADA. V. 31, NO. 5 MAY, 1979, P. 488.

Reference (Deposit): THE WALLACE MINER. GULF OIL TO DEVELOPE WARD MOUNTAIN MINE. V. 72, NO. 20, JUNE 8, 1978, P. 2.

Reference (Deposit): QUARTERLY REPORT DTD 6/30/87.

Reference (Deposit): 776. WATSON, B. N. LARGE LOW GRADE SILVER DEPOSITS IN N. AMERICA. WORLD MIN., V. 30, NO. 3, 1977, PP. 44-49.

Reference (Deposit): 644. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. SILVER KING ACQUIRES WARD PROPERTY: OPTION ON TAYLOR MINE. V. 66, NO. 35, 1977, P. 22.

Reference (Deposit): RESEARCH REPORT DTD 3/1/86 BY FINANCIAL IMAGE SYSTEMS FORM 10K FOR SILVER KING MINES, DTD 6/15/87.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANY NEWS RELEASE DTD 10/27/87-MERGER OF SILVER KING MINE AND PACIFIC SILVER CO.

Reference (Deposit): 757. WALLACE (ID) MINER. GULF OIL TO DEVELOP WARD MOUNTAIN MINE. JUNE 8, 1978, P. 2.

Reference (Deposit): 645. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. GULF OIL ACQUIRES 51 PERCENT OF SILVER KING'S NEVADA PROPERTIES. V. 67, NO. 7, 1978, P. 16.

Reference (Geology): DATA FROM OTHER WESTERN STATES AND MEXICO. BUMINES RI 6350, 1964, PP. 15,20,21.

Reference (Geology): ZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND UTAH - INCLUDING SELECTED DATA FROM OTHER WESTERN STATES AND MEXICO. BUMINES RI 6350, 1964, PP. 15,20,21.

Reference (Deposit): Mike Bunker, Ely BLM District, Ward, Nevada and the Charcoal Ovens, at http://www.webpanda.com/white_pine_county/historical_society/Ghost_Towns/wardhist.htm
URL: http://www.webpanda.com/white_pine_county/historical_society/Ghost_Towns/wardhist.htm

Reference (Deposit): Amer. Mines (1990), 1990; thru Amer. Mines (2000), 1999

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MI-80; MI-83 thru MI-86; MI-89 thru MI-91

Reference (Deposit): MASMILS 0320330112

Reference (Deposit): 633. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDED APR. 30, 1976, PP. 2, 7-9.

Reference (Deposit): Skillings Mining Review, vol.74, no.5, pp.6-9, 02 Feb 1985, Silver King operating Taylor Mine and proceeding with Ward Project.

Reference (Deposit): 635. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): 634. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDED APR. 30, 1978.

Reference (Geology): EVERETT, F.D. RECONNAISSANCE OF TELLURIUM RESOURCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND UTAH - INCLUDING SELECTED DATA FROM OTHER WESTERN STATES AND MEXICO. BUMINES RI 6350, 1964, PP. 15,20,21.

Reference (Geology): HEIDRICK, T.L. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WARD MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEVADA. THESIS, BA. UNIV OF COLORADO, 1963.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., M.C. BLAKE AND R.M. SMITH. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 85, 1976, PP. 79-81

Reference (Geology): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. PHILLIPS AND SILVER KING DISCOVER SECOND CU-ZN-AG ORE ZONE IN NEVADA. THIS MONTH IN MINING. V. 170, NO. 11, 1969, P. 111.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SILVER KING MINES, INC. ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED APRIL 30,1976. SILVER KING MINES, INC. 1976, PP. 2,7-9.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NEWS BRIEFS/IN THE U.S./NEVADA/PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. V. 178, NO. 10, OCTOBER 1977, P. 150.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. SILVER KING ACQUIRES WARD PROPERTY; OPTION ON TAYLOR MINE. V. 66, NO. 35, AUG. 22, 1977, P. 22.

Reference (Geology): F995 ANNUAL REPORT.

Reference (Ownership): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 88.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., AND R.R. TRENGROVE. DMEA-2257, WARD LEAD-SILVER DEPOSIT, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. REPORT OF EXAMINATION BY FIELD REAM REGION III. DEFENSE MINERALS ADMINISTRATION. (UNPUBLISHED CONFIDENTIAL REPORT. JULY 10, 1952, 17 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 471. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). GULF OIL DRILLS WARD MOUNTAIN FOR COPPER-SILVER-ZINC. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 2, NO. 10, 1978, P. 11.

Reference (Deposit): 433. MINING ENGINEERING (NY). U.V. DRILLS MOLYBDENUM. V. 31, NO. 5, 1979, P. 488.

Reference (Deposit): 424. MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST. NEW DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS, SILVER KING MINES HAS STARTED MINE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARD PROPERTY. ENG. AND MIN. J. INT. DIRECTORY, V. 9, NO. 2, 1982, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): 258. HEIDRICK, T. L. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WARD MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. CO, BOULDER, CO, 1965, 154 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING DIRECTORY. 1996-97. U.S. MINES AND MINING COMPANIES P. 278.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK. 1996. P. 17.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. GULF OIL ACQUIRES 51 PERCENT OF SILVER KING'S NEVADA PROPERTIES. V. 67, NO. 7, FEB. 18, 1978, P. 16.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION. GULF OIL DRILLS WARD MOUNTAIN FOR COPPER-SILVER-ZINC. BULLETIN, V. 2, NO. 10, OCTOBER 1978, P. 11.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1995 ANNUAL REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): HAVENSTRITE, STEWART. ABSTRACT: GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS IN THE WARD MINING DISTRICT. SILVER KING MINES INC., MARCH. 1977, 4 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SILVER KING MINES,INC. 1985 A.R. (FOR YEAR ENDING 3/31/85)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1983.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 638. SINGLETON, R. H. LITHIUM. BUMINES MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILE, 1979, 25 PP.

Reference (Deposit): Ely Land Status, 1977

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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.