The Climax Stock

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Gemstone, Lead, Tungsten, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046754
MRDS ID M241959
Record type Site
Current site name The Climax Stock
Alternate or previous names Oak Spring Area
Related records 10222677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07587, 37.2444 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED T & R. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Gemstone Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Chloritic, Silicic Alteration Of Granodiorite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Climax Stock
    Rock description Climax Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogonip Group
    Rock description Pogonip Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Faulting Has "Smeared" Some Scheelite

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing Of Granodiorite; Igneous Contact With Limestone; Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Oak Spring District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • "THE CHRYSOCOLLA WAS A ROBINS-EGG BLUE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF THE MATERIAL HAD BEEN SOLD AS TURQUOISE."

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 VERTICAL AND 2 INCLINED SHAFTS, 3 ADITS, USABLE DIRT ROADS ONE STONE CABIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982-83, FIELD EXAMINATION.

  • Deposit

    HOUSER, F. AND POOLE, F., PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE CLIMAX STOCK, 1960.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1906, USGS BULL 285.

  • Production

    LINCOLN, 1923

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN SHEARS AND REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ALONG MARGIN OF CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE. SOME VEINS HAD BOX WORKS OR OPEN SPACE COCKADE STRUCTURES, SOME WERE BRECCIATED. IN ONE ADIT TUNGSTEN WAS CONCENTRATED ALONG A FAULT SAMPLE 1827 IS FROM AN ADIT DUMP, ADIT TRENDS N 195 FT DEEP IN ALTERED MARBLE. SAMPLE 1928 FROM MINE FACE OF GOUGE, CLAY, MARBLE AND W MINERALIZATION IN A HIGHLY IRON-STAINED OXIDIZED ZONE. SAMPLE 1929 FROM FAULT ZONE 150 FT IN FROM PORTAL WHERE ANOMALOUS SCHEELITE IS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE FAULT. GEM-QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA CAME FROM 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS ALONG THE NORTH HALF OF OAK SPRINGS WASH. CHRYSOCOALL WAS IN VEINS ALONG HEMATITE-STAINED FRACTURES IN THE LIME STONES AND CALC-SILICATES. THE SECONDARY MINERALIZATION INCLUDED MALACHITE, JASPERY CHRYSOCOLLA, QUARTZ, AZURITE, MANGANESE AND CALCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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