Windmill Mine

The Windmill Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,999 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: Windmill Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 36.16194, -114.19194

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Windmill Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Windmill Mine
Secondary: Finance Group


Commodity

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


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Gold Butte


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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Syphus And Gentry ( 1916 )


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, BUT ORE SAID TO ASSAY $18 - 20/TON IN GOLD & SILVER.

Comment (Development): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, BUT ORE SAID TO ASSAY $18-20/TON IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Comment (Geology): GOLD SILVER IN QUARTZ VEINLETS IN ALTERED ZONE IN GRANITE GNEISS, 1 - 4 FT. WIDE.


References

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 185 .

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648 P. 53 .


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.