Wilder Mine

The Wilder Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,834 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

Name: Wilder Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 6,834 Feet (2,083 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 39.49167, -117.07111

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Wilder Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wilder Mine
Secondary: Belle Wilder Incline


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS MADE IN 1915-19 SHOW THAT THE VEIN MATTER CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 100 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON. ONE SAMPLE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT HIGH-GRADE MATERIAL CONTAINED A TRACE OF GOLD, 68.8 OUNCES SILVER, 8.4% LEAD AND 11.2% COPPER. A PIECE ASSAYED IN 1919 CONTAINED .12 OUNCE GOLD AND 419.9 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, 1.8% LEAD, AND 1.2% ZINC, 4.7% COPPER, 13.5% IRON, AND 52.8% SILICA. THIS IS PROBABLY ROUGHLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPORTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS, THOUGH OF MORE THAN AVERAGE RICHNESS.


Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Polybasite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCED BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000.

Comment (Deposit): THE QUARTZ LENSES VARY IN WIDTH FROM ABOUT AN INCH TO MORE THAN A FOOT.

Comment (Workings): THE INCLINE WAS DRIVEN DOWNWARD 160 FT ON THE HANGING WALL OF A VEIN. A CROSSCUT NORTHEAST FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINZE CUTS 3 VEINS, EACH OF WHICH HAS BEEN DRIFTED ON FOR A SHORT DISTANCE.

Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN NW 1/4


References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.


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.