Calvada Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222055
MAS/MILS ID 0320210323
Record type Site
Current site name Calvada Mine
Alternate or previous names Hawthorne Silica Co, Giroux Group, Calavada

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.09035, 38.58742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 035 E 33 S2S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.09035, 38.58742

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEV MINE OPERATIONS 1975

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF THE NEV STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, P.45

  • Deposit

    SANDERS CONSTRUCTION CO EMERY CRAWLEY SUPERINTENDENT

  • Deposit

    CLARK, C.W., 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: CALIFORINA UNIVERSITY,

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF GEOL. SCIENCE BULL.,VOL.14, NO.1, P.61-62

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO.,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: NEVADA BULL.58, TABLE 6.6 ( SEE GIROUX GROUP )

  • Deposit

    A 1,000 FT. SHAFT ( ROSS, 1961, TABLE 6.6 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-88 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.