Mine detail: Wheeler Mine

Previously called 'NBMG #4211'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.67769, -119.11514

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES, STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1873

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Nw-Trending Fault. Sheared Graniorite Cut By Dikes Of Granite Porphyry And Capped Bt Tertiary Rhyolite.
Alteration processes:	Vein Material Is A Pyrite-Rich Replacement Ore.

References

MRDS	M232540
DEP	10044908
Reference	{Deposit:: MOORE,J.G.,1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 75. HILL, 1912, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, USGS BULL 507.}{Deposit:: TELLURIDE CLAIMS, WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 6/14/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).}
Reporter	Royse, Sue E., Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.)