Washington Mine

The Washington Mine is a tungsten, lead, and copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 11,250 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: Washington Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation: 11,250 Feet (3,429 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten, Lead, Copper

Lat, Long: 38.91778, -114.30500

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Washington Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Washington Mine
Secondary: Prospects On Mt. Washington Visited By Usbm
Secondary: Samples #45
Secondary: 47
Secondary: 48


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Mount Washington (Lincoln, Stlawrence, Mt. Wheeler) 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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1869
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Development): FIRST DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT

Comment (Workings): PITS

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN-ON MT. WASHINGTON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT. 2.


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.