Winnemucca Mountain Mine

The Winnemucca Mountain Mine is a gold, silver, and iron mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Winnemucca Mountain Mine
Secondary: Gold Hill Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Winnemucca Mountain 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: Gus And Ab Rogers
Years: 1945 -

Production

Year: 1943
Time Period: To 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.015 To 0.94 Oz/Ton Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1937
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: N-Trending Shear Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Yes

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC. 13; S. SLOPE WINNEMUCCA MTN; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1958 EDITION

Comment (Production): 2227 TONS ORE WORTH $27,282 PRIOR TO 1943

Comment (Deposit): 22 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW TUNNELS

Comment (Geology): SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER IN GANGUE OF QUARTZ AND IRON OXIDES

Comment (Deposit): 22 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ORE HAD A HIGH IRON CONTENT, AND WAS SHIPPED PRIMARILY FOR USE AS FLUX; DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW TUNNELS. OWNED BY GUS AND AB ROGERS IN 1937 THROUGH 1945 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6995

Reference (Deposit): 1937, PROSPECTUS FOR WINNEMUCCA MOUNTAIN MINES CO; ON FILE AT N.B.M.G.

Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964

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.