Warner Mine

The Warner Mine is a silver, lead, copper, and antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,638 feet.

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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

Name: Warner Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 8,638 Feet (2,633 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony

Lat, Long: 39.135, -117.22194

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Warner Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Warner Mine
Secondary: Werner Mine
Secondary: Washington Property


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Antimony


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Washington District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. Rose Warner Of England
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1860
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toiyabe Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 21 CLAIMS COVERING 400 ACRES. NEIPOLD WERNER WORKED IT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1910. SOME ORE SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1918-1919. IT WAS PURCHASED BY WARNER MINING AND MILLING CO IN 1922, BUT THE VENTURE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE CLAIMS WERE ABANDONED, AND LATER RELOCATED BY MRS WERNER.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZITE BRECCIA RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT.500 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS, SEVERAL MINOR EXCAVATIONS AND AN AERIAL TRAM 1500 FT LONG.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Comment (Production): ONE SMALL SHIPMENT AVERAGING $10/TON


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 594, P.123-124

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 208.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.