Windous

The Windous is a magnesite mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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: Windous

Commodity

Primary: Magnesite

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Currant Creek

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

Owner Name: C. E. Munson
Years: 1951 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Faulting

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE TO WASTE RATIO IS 1:8

Materials

Ore: Magnesite

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE MAGNESITE FORMS DENSE WHITE NODULES THAT RANGE IN LENGTH FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL FT WITHIN THE MASS OF ALTERED MATERIAL MAGNESITE OCCURS THROUGH A ZONE 1000 FEET LONG AND UP TO 200 FEET WIDE, WITH NODULES IN THE CENTRAL PART, AND AT THE N & S ENDS A FEW VEINS

Comment (Location): EST

Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION OF THE MAGNESITE, ONLY AN EDUCATED GUESS BY THE USGS, 1943, FOR THE DEWEY LITE

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS OF MANY PITS AND TWO TUNNELS

References

Reference (Deposit): VITALIANO, CHARLES J., 1951 MAGNESIUM-MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT NEV. U.S. GEO BULL 978

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C.JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 85

Reference (Production): HOSE, ET.AL., 1976

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.