Mine detail: Ward

Previously called 'Ward Mountain MineCarolineGood LuckSilver KingWard MineWard/Taylor Project'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.07914, -114.88276

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Copper, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Cadmium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Wollastonite, Marcasite, Pyroxene, Barite, Idocrase, Pyrrhotite, Clinozoisite, Chlorite, Gypsum
Orebody form: irregular to elliptical tube
Other material: Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Thulite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Jasper, Magnetite
Discovery year: 1968

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1989

Geology

Host rock:Guilmette Formation, Joana Limestone, Ely Limestone
Host type:Skarn (Tactite),Limestone
Associated type:Porphyry,Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW016410
MAS320330112
DEP10208273
Reference{Deposit:: HOSE, R.K., M.C. BLAKE AND R.M. SMITH. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 85, 1976, PP. 79-81}{Deposit:: HAVENSTRITE, STEWART. ABSTRACT: GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS IN THE WARD MINING DISTRICT. SILVER KING MINES INC., MARCH. 1977, 4 PP.}{Deposit:: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION. GULF OIL DRILLS WARD MOUNTAIN FOR COPPER-SILVER-ZINC. BULLETIN, V. 2, NO. 10, OCTOBER 1978, P. 11.}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. GULF OIL ACQUIRES 51 PERCENT OF SILVER KIN* NEVADA PROPERTIES. V. 67, NO. 7, FEB. 18, 1978, P. 16.}{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M., AND R.R. TRENGROVE. DMEA-2257, WARD LEAD-SILVER DEPOSIT, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. REPORT OF EXAMINATION BY FIELD REAM REGION III. DEFENSE MINERALS ADMINISTRATION. (UNPUBLISHED CONFIDENTIAL REPORT. JULY 10, 1952, 17 PP.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING. 1978 ANNUAL REVIEW. NEVADA. V. 31, NO. 5 MAY, 1979, P. 488.}{Deposit:: THE WALLACE MINER. GULF OIL TO DEVELOPE WARD MOUNTAIN MINE. V. 72, NO. 20, JUNE 8, 1978, P. 2.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M. NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 648, PP. 180-186.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA. NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO. RENO, NEVADA, 1923, PP. 256, 257.}{Deposit:: 166. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN MINING: SILVER KING WILL PLACE WARD PROPERTY INTO PRODUCTION IN 1985. V. 183, NO. 7, 1982, P. 49.}{Deposit:: 188. EVERETT, F. D. RECONNAISSANCE OF TELLURIUM RESOURCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH - INCLUDING SELECTED DATA FROM OTHER WESTERN STATES AND MEXICO. BUMINES RI 6350, 1964, PP. 15, 20-21.}{Deposit:: 203. GAGE, H. L. SOME FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CONCENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUSTRY. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, PORTLAND, OREGON 1941, PP. 662-666.}{Deposit:: 258. HEIDRICK, T. L. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WARD MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. CO, BOULDER, CO, 1965, 154 PP.}{Deposit:: 424. MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST. NEW DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS, SILVER KING MINES HAS STARTED MINE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARD PROPERTY. ENG. AND MIN. J. INT. DIRECTORY, V. 9, NO. 2, 1982, P. 1.}{Deposit:: 433. MINING ENGINEERING (NY). U.V. DRILLS MOLYBDENUM. V. 31, NO. 5, 1979, P. 488.}{Deposit:: 471. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). GULF OIL DRILLS WARD MOUNTAIN FOR COPPER-SILVER-ZINC. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 2, NO. 10, 1978, P. 11.}{Deposit:: 490. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). SILVER KIN* WARD MINE NEAR ELY GEARING FOR PRODUCTION. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 6, NO. 4, 1982, P. 15.}{Deposit:: 633. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDED APR. 30, 1976, PP. 2, 7-9.}{Deposit:: 634. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDED APR. 30, 1978.}{Deposit:: 635. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1980.}{Deposit:: 636. SILVER KING MINES, INC. (SALT LAKE CITY, UT). ANNUAL REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1981.}{Deposit:: 644. SKILLING*MINING REVIEW. SILVER KING ACQUIRES WARD PROPERTY: OPTION ON TAYLOR MINE. V. 66, NO. 35, 1977, P. 22.}{Deposit:: 645. SKILLING*MINING REVIEW. GULF OIL ACQUIRES 51 PERCENT OF SILVER KIN* NEVADA PROPERTIES. V. 67, NO. 7, 1978, P. 16.}{Deposit:: 757. WALLACE (ID) MINER. GULF OIL TO DEVELOP WARD MOUNTAIN MINE. JUNE 8, 1978, P. 2.}{Deposit:: 776. WATSON, B. N. LARGE LOW GRADE SILVER DEPOSITS IN N. AMERICA. WORLD MIN., V. 30, NO. 3, 1977, PP. 44-49.}{Deposit:: QUARTERLY REPORT DTD 6/30/87.}{Deposit:: COMPANY NEWS RELEASE DTD 10/27/87-MERGER OF SILVER KING MINE AND PACIFIC SILVER CO.}{Deposit:: RESEARCH REPORT DTD 3/1/86 BY FINANCIAL IMAGE SYSTEMS FORM 10K FOR SILVER KING MINES, DTD 6/15/87.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-80; MI-83 thru MI-86; MI-89 thru MI-91}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines (1990), 1990; thru Amer. Mines (2000), 1999}{Deposit:: Ely Land Status, 1977}{Deposit:: MASMILS 0320330112}{Deposit:: Skillings Mining Review, vol.74, no.5, pp.6-9, 02 Feb 1985, Silver King operating Taylor Mine and proceeding with Ward Project.}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: Hasler, R. W.; Wilson, W. R.; Darnton, B. T., 1990, Geology and ore deposits of the Ward Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada ; in Geology and ore deposits of the Great Basin, Reno, NV, United States, Apr. 1-5, 1990, conference proceedings.}{Deposit:: Mike Bunker, Ely BLM District, Ward, Nevada and the Charcoal Ovens, at http://www.webpanda.com/white_pine_county/historical_society/Ghost_Towns/wardhist.htm}{Geology:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. PHILLIPS AND SILVER KING DISCOVER SECOND CU-ZN-AG ORE ZONE IN NEVADA. THIS MONTH IN MINING. V. 170, NO. 11, 1969, P. 111.}{Geology:: HEIDRICK, T.L. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WARD MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEVADA. THESIS, BA. UNIV OF COLORADO, 1963.}{Geology:: EVERETT, F.D. RECONNAISSANCE OF TELLURIUM RESOURCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND UTAH - INCLUDING SELECTED DATA FROM OTHER WESTERN STATES AND MEXICO. BUMINES RI 6350, 1964, PP. 15,20,21.}{Geology:: F995 ANNUAL REPORT.}{Ownership:: NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 88.}{Reserve-Resource:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. SILVER KING ACQUIRES WARD PROPERTY; OPTION ON TAYLOR MINE. V. 66, NO. 35, AUG. 22, 1977, P. 22.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NEWS BRIEFS/IN THE U.S./NEVADA/PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. V. 178, NO. 10, OCTOBER 1977, P. 150.}{Reserve-Resource:: SILVER KING MINES, INC. ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED APRIL 30,1976. SILVER KING MINES, INC. 1976, PP. 2,7-9.}{Reserve-Resource:: REPORT, YEAR ENDED MAR. 31, 1983.}{Reserve-Resource:: 638. SINGLETON, R. H. LITHIUM. BUMINES MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILE, 1979, 25 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: SILVER KING MINES,INC. 1985 A.R. (FOR YEAR ENDING 3/31/85)}{Reserve-Resource:: 1995 ANNUAL REPORT.}{Reserve-Resource:: AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK. 1996. P. 17.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING DIRECTORY. 1996-97. U.S. MINES AND MINING COMPANIES P. 278.}
ReporterSpear, James M., LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G., Illo, Diane R.