Warrior Mine

The Warrior Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,142 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Warrior Mine
Secondary: Macnamara Group
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3155
Secondary: Gold Coin Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Athens District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Macnamara, Harry
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: Swanson, Merle
Home Office: Mina, Nev
Years: 1966 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: A Post-Ore Warrior Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Bleaching And Argillization Of Volcanics

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED $22 PER TON. SAMPLE 3155 OF OXIDIZED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FROM DUMPS OF LARGER SHAFT CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.05 % TI, 10-0 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 15 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE-, 30 PPM CU, 30 PPM PB, 300 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Development): IT WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1912 BY A PROSPECTOR GRUBSTAKED BY MR. MILLETT, A STOREKEEPER AT MANHATTAN. IT BECAME A MAJOR MINE IN THE DISTRICT WHEN OLYMPIC MINES CO. ACQUIRED IT IN 1921 AND ORGANIZED THE WARRIOR GOLD MINING CO. IT WAS THEN ACQUIRED BY THE ALLADIN-DIVIDE MINING CO. WHICH SANK A NEW SHAFT500 FT WEST OF THE OLD 200-FT SHAFT, TO A DEPTH OF 110 FT. THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED IN 1940. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1946. ACTIVE DRILL RIG JUST SOUTH OF THE MINE WHEN EXAMINED IN 1986.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD-BEARING VEIN-LIKE QUARTZ STRINGERS IN SHEAR ZONE.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. GOOD ACCESS SOUTH OF POLE LINE ROAD

Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1940-1976.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 1,300 FT OF DRIFTS, AND A SHORTER SHAFT WITH 200 FT OF WORKINGS. WARRIOR SHAFT AND GOLD COIN SHAFT

References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, FJ AND ZIONY, JI, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): ROBINS, L.R., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE WARRIOR AND GOLD COIN WORKINGS OF THE WARRIOR GOLD MINING CO., ATHENS MINING DISTRICT,NYE COUNTY,NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 212, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINES-NEVADA, USDI-BM, PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS, CONTRACT # J0295039.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 21 APR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, P. 761

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 16

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.