Western Hog Ranch Mine

Western Hog Ranch Mine is a producer of silver, gold, uranium, mercury in Washoe County, Nevada, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1986. It is one of 100 historic gold producers USGS lists in Washoe County, and number 2 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Silver, Gold, Uranium, Mercury
Deposit type
Hot-spring Au-Ag
Production years
from 1986
County
Washoe County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
USGS record
10047581

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

Gold sites nearby

8 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Washoe County page lists the biggest.