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Caliente Cobalt Mining Co.

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046437
MRDS ID M241597
Record type Site
Current site name Caliente Cobalt Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Encompassed the Advance, Old Democrat, Contact, Gold Stake and Republic Mines For A Time
Related records 10198165

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.52278, 37.68914 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 067E 07,08,18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.52278, 37.68914
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chief (Caliente) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Caliente Cobalt Mining Co. (1930'S) - Messrs. Burt And Mathews.

Comments on development

  • TOOK OVER THE 3 PATENTED CLAIMS AND A LARGE PART OF THE DISTRICT IN 1931, ENCOMPASSING 35 CLAIMS. 76 TONS ORE SHIPPED IN 1934, 189 TONS IN 1935 ATWHICH TIME 250 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK HAD BEEN DONE AND 3 MEN WERE EMPLOYED. A NEW VERTICAL SHAFT WAS BEING SUNK IN 1937 TO EXTRACT DEEPER ORES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 165, PRESS CLIPPINGS: MINING RECORD 1934, 1935, 11937, 1883, 1886, 1904,

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M. AND CARPENTER, JAY, 1931, INSPECTION TRIP NOTES; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167, ITEM 3.

  • Production

    CALLAGHAN, 1936, P. 18-26; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 165

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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