The Wheeler Ranch Prospect is a mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,259 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
Elevation: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.45972, -119.84611
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Wheeler Ranch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wheeler Ranch Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Unnamed District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Mercury
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLY NO RESERVES
Comment (Production): HOLMES INDICATED A SMALL PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1875 AND 1940
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CAVED
Comment (Deposit): EXPLORATION UNDERWAY IN 1966. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON AND WHITE, 1964, GEOLOGY OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO., NEVADA: USGS P. P. 458A
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
Reference (Production): BAILEY, E. H., US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
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.
