The Two Widows Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Two Widows Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Two Widows Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1990
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plats Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sediments Have Been Pyrometasomitized To Horntels And Cak-Silicate Skarn Adjacent To The Intrusive.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF AN INCLINE SUNK AT 70 FOR 110 FEET. SHORT CROSSCUTS RUN EAST AND WEST FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE INCLINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): 40 OZ/T AG, SEVERAL $/T AU
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS, JOINT PLANES
Comment (Workings): INCLINE, SHORT CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE COUNTRY ROCK IS CUT BY GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY. VEINLETS OF ACTINOLITE CUT CUT THE QUARTZITE AND JOINT PLANES ARE FILLED WITH COPPER CARBONATES AND IRON OXIDES WHICH CARRY 40 02/T AG AND SEVERAL $/T AU (EMMONS, 1910
References
Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647
Reference (Production): EMMONS, WH. (1910)
Reference (Deposit): STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 70 REFERENCE NO. 3201500164
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKS, LANDER & EUREKA CO. NEV., USGS BULL 408
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.
