The Wilson Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Wilson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1866
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: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Fault
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
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CRUSHED & ALTERED ROCK IN FAULT ZONE
Comment (Development): 1870-1899= YEARS OF PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES OCCUR AS QUARTZ STRINGERS AND LENSES IN ZONES OF INTENSE CRUSHING AND ALTERATION THAT CUTS THE QUARTZ MONZONITE. FOR ABOUT 200 FT. SOUTH OF THE MAIN FAULT THE QUARTZ MONZONITE IS CRUSHED AND ALTERED TO A DARK GRAY ROCK. SULFIDES CONSTITUTE THE ORE AND IS 95% PYRITE WITH A LITTLE CHALCOPYRITE. ORE IS RICHEST IN OXIDIZED ZONE NEAR SURFACE.
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1866. PRODUCED 7,623 TONS OF ORE BETWEEN 1870 TO 1899 WITH A GROSS VALUE OF $220,368. DEVELOPED BY A SERIES OF TUNNELS THAT JOIN AND CROSS EACH OTHER IN AN INTRICATE MANNER; ABOUT 3 MILES TOTAL WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): INTRICATE TUNNEL SYSTEM
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75
Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1912, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES; USGS BULL. 507
Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIVORNIA & NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY & LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN & BERGENDAHL, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES; USGS PP 610
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.
