Weepah Mine

The Weepah Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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: Weepah Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Sunshine Mining Co.
Years: 1986 -

Owner Name: Tseng Mining-Rrm, James D. Youngblood, General Manager
Home Office: P. O. Box 437, Mina, Nv 89422
Years: 1983 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
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: Weepah Hills

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A MAX. OF $500/TON AU AND 100 OZ/TON AG HAS BEEN REPORTED.

Materials

Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN 1904 BY FRANK HORTON. A FEW TONS OF ORE WERE HAULED INITIALLY BUT ORE ZONES WERE SMALL. A 35-FT SHAFT WAS SUNK AND ABANDONED. IN 1927 HORTON'S SON REOPENED A PROSPECT SHAFTAND TOOK OUT $150000 WORTH OF ORE. THE MINE WAS THEN INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED TILL 1934. IN 1934 THE MINE WAS PURCHASED AND WEEPAH NEVADA MINING CO WAS FORMED. AN OPEN PIT MINE WAS DEVELOPED AND WORKED AT 250 TONS/DAY. IT WAS LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT SILVER-GOLD MINE EMPLOYING 10 PERSONS IN 1983. DRILLED BY PACIFIC REALM IN 1984-85; SUNSHINE MINING CO. LEASED IT IN 1986 AND BEGAN MINING IT IN SEPT. 1986, SHIPPING 1000 TPD TO ITS 16 TO 1 MILL, 14 MILES AWAY AT SILVER PEAK

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT.

References

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD., NEV.: USGS PP 55, P. 80-81.

Reference (Deposit): OXNAM, T.H., 1936, WEEPAH GOLD: ENGN AND MINING JOUR., VOL. 137, NO. 6, P. 300-303.

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J. P. AND STEWART, J. H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78

Reference (Deposit): SONDERMAN, F. J., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF THE WEEPAH MINING DISTRICT, UNR MS THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MAP 84, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 96B, PRESS CLIPPINGS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

Reference (Production): ALBERTS AND STEWART, 1972, P. 70. NBMG MI-1993

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BONHAM, 1986. NBMG MI-1993

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.