Mine detail: Wedekind Mine

Previously called 'Reno StarDennison Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.56461, -119.75044

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Anglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Gypsum, Illite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Propylitic

References

MRDSM231139
DEP10043851
Reference{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.C., HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IN THE VEINS AT WEDEKIND NEV, ENG & MINING J V 76, AUG 22,1903, P 2756.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. & MIN DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969}{Deposit:: OVERTON, T.D., MINERAL RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969}{Deposit:: UNSIGNED PLAN MAPS OF WEDEKIND MINE, FROM NBMG FILES, RENO}
ReporterTingley, J.V.