Magnolia Mine

The Magnolia Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,995 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

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Site Name

Primary: Magnolia Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

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: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Proustite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Ankerite

Comments

Comment (Workings): THE INCLINED SHAFT FOLLOWS THE MAGNOLIA VEIN FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 300 FT DOWNDIP, BUT LITTLE OF THE VEIN MATTER IS VISIBLE. AT 300 FT THE FIRST DRIFTS ARE FOUND. A CROSSCUT TO THE NORTHEAST CUTS THE HAYS VEIN AND THE CURRELLY VEIN. BOTH VEINS WER OPENED BY DRIFTS AND STOPES. OTHER CROSSCUTS EXIST. THE INCLINE CONTINUES DOWNWARD BELOW THE WORKINGS ON THE 300 FT LEVEL. A DRIFT AT THE 400 FT LEVEL WORKS THE HAYS VEIN. A DRIFT NEARLY 100 FT FARTHER DOWN ALSO WORKS THE HAYS VEIN.

Comment (Geology): THE VEINS ARE INTERSECTED BY 3 MAJOR FAULTS

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS FIRST OPENED AROUND 1862 AND WORKED UNTIL 1890. THEREAFTER WORKING WAS ERRATIC. IN 1936 WORK WAS PROCEDING TO REOPEN THE MAGNOLIA SHAFT

Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SEC

Comment (Production): MORE THAN $100,000 WAS PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS THAT ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG

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

Reference (Deposit): MOULTON, B.G., 1936, REPORT ON INSPECTION OF PROPERTY AT AUSTIN, NEVADA (UNPUB); NBMG FILES

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.