Caliente Prospects

Prospect in Lincoln 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246536
MRDS ID M241596
MAS/MILS ID 0320170408
Record type Site
Current site name Caliente Prospects
Alternate or previous names Pennsylvania Mine, Jumbo Pit
Related records 10046436

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.52003, 37.61687 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caliente(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 S 067 E 07 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.52003, 37.61687

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NBMG SAMPLE SITE 1494 & 1495

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1994
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Heap Leach-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Caliente

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Royal Standard Minerlas Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1996

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 635030mt ore
    Total resources 635030mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 43.2 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Measured 49895mt ore
    Demonstrated 49895mt ore
    Total resources 49895mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 89.4857 g/mt Silver Major 1996
    Gold Au 34.2857 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 18144mt ore
    Total resources 18144mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 122.0571 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #34, AUG., 21 1996, P15.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #35, AUG., 28 1996, P1.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #5, JAN., 29, P9.

  • Deposit

    ROYAL STANDARD MINERALS, INC. NEWS RELEASE, 1-15-97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT AND ADITS ARE FILLED IN AND UNACCESSIBLE. RMS RECENTLY (SUMMER, 1996) STARTED EXPLORATION AT THE SITE. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 48 LODE CLAIMS WHICH CONTROL THE PENNSYLVANIA QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM, AND THE PENNSYLVANIA MINE SITE ALSO LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IS THE PARTIALLY DEVELOPED JUMBO AU-AG OPEN PTI. EXPLORATION AND DRILLING CONTINUE AS OF 5-97. PREVIOUS EXPLORATION HAS IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL BULK-MINEABLE, OPEN PIT, RESOURCE OF 700,000 TONS GRADING 0.039 OPT GOLD IN THE CENTRAL CORE AREA. EARLY GOLD-SILVER PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED FROM RESERVES IN THE EXPANDED JUMBO ZONE. ADDITIONAL RESERVES ARE BELIEVED PRESENT IN THE FORMER HEAPLEACH PILE CONTAINING APPROX 50-60000 TONS OF 0.03 OPT AU AND 0.8 OPT AG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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