Upper Wheel Barrow Mine

The Upper Wheel Barrow Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,610 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Upper Wheel Barrow Mine
Secondary: Excalaber Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2638

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Mill City District; Central 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Jim Adkins Of Winnemucca Nevada, 9/5/84

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1984
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Of Wallrock Near Vein

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2638 OF BRECCIATED, MILKY QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.015% TI, 100 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 150 PPM CD, 300 PPM CU, 3000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 2000 PPM ZN. AA ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS 2.6 PPM AU.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS, MILKY WHITE, FEOXIDE-STAINED. VEIN CENTERS ARE VUGGY WITH LARGE QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS. LARGEST DUMP HAS GALENA AND SPHALERITE CLOTS IN VEIN FRAGMENTS. NEAR VEIN, WALLROCK IS BLEACHED AND LACED WITH FE OXIDES.

Comment (Workings): OLD ADITS. MAIN WORKINGS ARE IN THE CANYON TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE APPARENT WORKINGS ARE ON THE VEIN OUTCROPS.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/21/84

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

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.