The Wheeler Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.67806, -119.11417
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Wheeler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wheeler Mine
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GRANODIORITE CUT BY DIKES OF GRANITE PORPHYRY. CAPPING RHYOLITE.
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO THE SE OF WILSON MINES
Comment (Production): GROSS VALUE OF 165.911 DOLLARS
Comment (Workings): ADITS AND SURFACE PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF DOUGLAS, LYON, ORMSBY, CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75
Reference (Production): F( 1 )
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.
