USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Wild Horse Mine
Source Corroborated Mercury Mixed Underground / Surface 5 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Wild Horse District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 16, 21 T23N R40E Alteration: Strong Argillization; Silicification Deposit: Silicified rhyolite Development: Mineral survey no. 2906, surveyed in 1907 but not patented
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 4 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 adit symbols
- Adit : Gilbert Creek SW , 1969
- Adit : Gilbert Creek SW , 1969
- Adit : Gilbert Creek SW , 1969
- Adit : Gilbert Creek SW , 1969
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Barite
- Calcite
- Gypsum
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Calomel
- Cinnabar
- Stibnite
View all 20 reported minerals
- Barite
- Calcite
- Gypsum
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Calomel
- Cinnabar
- Stibnite
- Apatite
- Baryte
- Calcite
- Calomel
- Cinnabar
- Collophane
- Kaolinite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
- Stibnite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59965
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (12)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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